<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I was wondering what impact, and much weight, getting research published in a journal like Nature or Nature Medicine would have on an application to the ivy league.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Absolutely huge. Published research to a college is like an internship/job experience to an employer.</p>
<p>I know it depends somewhat on whether it’s a “good” journal or not, but I couldn’t tell you what’s a good journal.</p>
<p>whoa if you get published in nature then i think you’re in like anywhere</p>
<p>but as if that’s not completely difficult… maybe if you contributed to a professor’s or grad student’s research, so your name gets mentioned somewhere. but i’ve never heard of any high schooler getting published as a first or second author for a paper in NATURE (or science, etc.)</p>
<p>but maybe you’re really smart… idk but even top researchers can’t get published in nature</p>
<p>on the other hand, if you get published in a less prestigious journal, as long as it’s peer reviewed, then that’s still a high accomplishment. i would say a 10/10 on a scale of award potentional</p>
<p>I have actually been acknowledged on a Nature paper (not an author, just acknowledged). I’m really happy about this! It was the combination of 3 summers and 650 hours and I finally earned this. Now I’m preparing for my college admissions, and the professor told me that my acknowledgement alone, would be a huge bonus for colleges!</p>
<p>So yea, thought I would just contribute my own bit of information.</p>
<p>What about 9th out of 25 authors on a nature med paper?</p>
<p>bump10char</p>
<p>i would still say that’s a 10/10. just make sure the colleges know your contributions (assuming they were significant). plus the professor can write you a recommendation. </p>
<p>i asked the professor i worked with to write me a recommendation, and omg it was great! (lol but i had a completely different personality when i was at the lab)</p>