Is there any way to add this to my app?

Applying to College
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I worked in a university research lab this summer, doing a project that was sort of just a throwaway with the expectation that it probably wouldn’t work. It actually did have interesting results, and a grad student is taking over the project and going to eventually send the work to journals. I will be included as an author on the paper.

Is there any way to signify that my research was actually substantial on my apps this fall? It seems weird to mention the authorship since the publishing is so far in the future, but it’s cool that my research is going to be used. FYI I am applying to schools from Ivy League to state school but mostly small lacs. Thanks!

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Just list it. Some schools will give it more weight.

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For publications on scientific journal, you can list it in parenthesis as “in preparation”, “submitted”, “accepted”, or with the volume and page number if published. So you can put it in the additional information section no matter what status it is in.