I'm about to graduate with my BS and I'm trying to decide whether it's worth it to submit a paper for publication in an undergraduate journal, given that I've already applied to and picked a PhD program and I start on the fall.
What sorts of papers, presentations, and awards that I received as an undergrad are still worth mentioning on a CV even after I graduate? Do my accomplishments restart like they did after graduating high school?
What I learned was to leave off everything from undergrad except your degree in the education section. You can also include you major(s) and minor(s), and if you graduated with any honors in that section.
That said, I learned this as a graduate student applying for faculty jobs. I would say that you can probably leave your undergrad achievements on you CV during the first few years of your graduate program, but as you advance further in your career, I would eventually remove the undergraduate items.
Regarding your paper: If you're interested in a career in academia, my advice is this: if the quality of your paper is exceptional, and/or there's room to further develop it to merit submission to a professional journal, I would try doing that instead, otherwise set it aside for the time being and focus your energy elsewhere. In academia, publications in student journals typically don't weigh much, unless it's an especially reputable one. I can't speak for expectations in other industries - a publication in an undergrad journal might weigh more for non-academic jobs.
Best of luck with your PhD program!
If you are considering writing and publishing something in an undergraduate publication -- don't do it for the sheen it might add to your CV. If you do it, do it because you find the subject matter interesting and you think you can write an article others would enjoy reading.
Note, the more you write, the better you get at writing.
(Separately, after publication, you could ask for guidance about what to include and what to exclude from your CV, if the existing Q&As here have left this an open question.)
Really just degree, institution, and GPA. I would add varsity athlete if you did that (companies love that ess...not saying it is right...but they do.) But president of the feeding hobos club, internships, best chemistry student...nobody cares after grad school.
But that ug GPA will stay with you forever. I am 50 and it is still noticed.
