What role does research @ school play in admissions?

I’ve been doing research for the past 2 months with a professor at Brown. Am planning to apply as a transfer student. Will the research position & a possible rec letter from the professor carry weight in the admissions process?

to clarify, the research is being done remotely, as I am still at my current institution.

If the professor writes you a strong recommendation it can only help, but none of us can say how much it would help.

None of us who frequent this forum know enough about transfer admissions to give you solid info on this.