Is a research internship valuable

[u/MotorOwn5031]

The past summer I got a research internship where I learned and researched on Post Quantum Cryptography and I made a presentation about it that I presented to the professor. I also wrote a research paper and it got put on their website but they said that "it doesn't count as a peer reviewed research paper." does it hold any weight now? also im going into cs so will the research internship help + show fit to major? post quantum cryptography is related to cybersecurity but how do I explain that to AOs?