What's up with supplementary materials for the application?

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<p>"Science and Engineering</p>

<p>If you have been involved in scientific research and you are interested in studying engineering or the sciences at Columbia, you are welcome to provide a 1-2 page scientific abstract for our review."-<a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/supplementarymaterials"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/supplementarymaterials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Does this include the research paper I did in the field of economics during the summer after 11th grade?</p>

<p>Sorry, if this is a dumb question. What can I say? I was bornconfused.</p>

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<p>I think this would be geared toward something like the Intel Science Talent Search: [Society</a> for Science & the Public - Intel STS - Home Page](<a href=“http://www.societyforscience.org/STS]Society”>Regeneron Science Talent Search- Society for Science)</p>

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<p>OP, was it published?</p>

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<p>A summary and an excerpt of it is going to be published in the school newsletter, if that is what you mean.
By any chance if it is not published, does it not count? All the hours i put in goes to waste?
btw, the instructor for this paper was my high school economics teacher…</p>

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<p>I meant published in a scientific journal. It’s not that it “doesn’t count,” just that it may not be competitive with what others are submitting. That said, I wouldn’t worry about it too much. If you think it’s relevant to your academic experience in high school and indicative of your academic interests in college, then I’d submit the abstract.</p>

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<p>you also have the option of not sending in a supplement, but including/explaining the research you did in the section about your extracurricular activities. just know that when you send in a supplement, the admissions officer may pass it on to the faculty in the respective department. if you send in an art supplement, it will be sent to our art faculty to evaluate, etc. so the supplement can either help OR hurt you – don’t submit just anything to try to up your chances</p>