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MonkeyArrow said:
No.

Also, why are you listing an experience that you don’t know enough about to speak competently?
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Submitting a paper is more of an accomplishment than an experience in and of itself, so I think it's fair that a pre-med might not know the ins and outs of the paper submission process. I agree though that this is not something you need to update schools about. By the time you get to an interview, regardless of whether your paper was in editorial or peer review when you submitted your app, the status of your paper will likely change anyway (accepted, rejected, whatever). No one is going to specifically ask you about the exact status other than maybe if it has been accepted or not.
 
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ayaaa123 said:
Yeah I agree it's pretty shameful that I personally submitted the paper and still didn't know editorial review was a thing XD, the journal submission process only mentions my paper will be sent to the reviewers after submission, which I wrongly thought was peer review. I'm glad this mistake wasn't enough to significantly misrepresent my work!
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I agree that you should not update schools.

Many manuscripts aren't accepted until they've gone the rounds of 2-3, or more, journals. Some are rejected. Some are returned requiring major revisions that never get done due to major time & expense and lack of continuing interest by the PI. Or they might take a year to complete to the satisfaction of the reviewers. Please be more careful with your residency applications. There is no point to mentioning a manuscript submission. Wait until the manuscript is accepted or accepted with minor revisions.
 
MonkeyArrow said:
No.

Also, why are you listing an experience that you don’t know enough about to speak competently?
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yeah let's just disregard years of working hard in a lab and getting published, then not share it with adcoms because the difference between peer-reviewed vs. editorial is not clear to us...

Please think before you post.
 
ayaaa123 said:
Hi all,

I mistakenly mentioned on my application my paper was submitted and is in peer review versus editorial review. I now understand that peer review comes after editorial review, but as I'm new to the whole research process I was unaware an editorial review existed and that your paper just went into peer review after submission :shrug:. My confirmation email after submission just said my paper would be sent to the "reviewers" so I was unaware of the editorial process until now.

Does this warrant an update to schools?

Thank you
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It's OK to mention a submission, but it won't count until acceptance. The peer vs editorial review difference is trivial. FYI, most people would just "MS submitted".
 
Lyoness said:
yeah let's just disregard years of working hard in a lab and getting published, then not share it with adcoms because the difference between peer-reviewed vs. editorial is not clear to us...

Please think before you post.
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If you’ve put in “years of working hard in a lab and getting published”, then put in one more hour to understand how publishing works.
 
MonkeyArrow said:
If you’ve put in “years of working hard in a lab and getting published”, then put in one more hour to understand how publishing works.
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Right, like there is a tutorial available about how publishing works. These types of things you learn by being a grad student. This person is an undergrad, don't be so harsh.
 
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