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I know this question sounds pretty cheesy, since really any publication is looked upon favorably, but I know there is a difference between having a first author, second author, third, etc. publication. I'm going to have a paper coming out (hopefully w/in the next few months) where I'm third author out of 6. The PI (the actual author) placed himself last, and the first and second authors are a grad student and post-bacc student, respectively. How big of a difference is there in being third author instead of second??? And on another note, I'm really not whining about it (even though it sounds like it), I just want to get an idea of how this authorship will come across to adcom's...