HELP!!! Submitting Research abstract for Common App supplement!!

N_s_Mom
Sun, 22 Nov 2015 00:29:25 +0000

There is no good reason at all to submit an abstract with your Common Application. No one is admitting you to a college because of the kind of research you assisted with. They are more interested in what the research experience says about you, what you got out of it, how it impacts your future goals and objectives. The research itself is totally unimportant beyond the fact that it was related to your major and shows a commitment to that subject. Ideally, you have a nice letter of rec from the prof who can talk about your attributes as a future researcher if that’s your objective.

And yes, rewording your prof’s abstract is plagiarism: If you have to quote it, just attribute the quote to the professor as you would any other source document that you are quoting from.