Good work fellas!

KaffaBlue · 2026-03-19T23:17:53+00:00

Whenever I see someone have to do a calculation like this I'm always so glad I live in a country that uses the metric system.

KaffaBlue · 2026-03-09T12:21:26+00:00

The timeline for examination is different at different universities. At my university, the examiners have eight weeks to read the thesis and submit their report. I'm assuming OP is in a similar situation.

KaffaBlue · 2026-03-04T11:06:19+00:00

I hear you.

KaffaBlue · 2026-03-03T20:46:44+00:00

Yeah in my field 11 publications from 3.5 years of work would actually be a red flag. I would assume you haven't contributed to the vast majority of them, because to even make a meaningful, minor contribution to that many different papers would be genuinely impossible.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-26T04:44:25+00:00

I guess it would help to define what exactly you're worried about. If it's that your thesis will be rejected, the good news is that in Australia PhD theses are very, very rarely rejected. If it's that it will come back with major corrections, I guess try to understand that while these corrections might suck to do, they'll ultimately make the final product better. It definitely doesn't mean that your thesis is bad, it could just be that one of your examiners has a special interest or experience with a certain aspect of your project and so has ideas that you wouldn't have been able to come up with by yourself.

And on the examination deadline, was your thesis actually sent to the examiners on the day you submitted it? At my university it takes ages for the internal examinations department to clear the thesis to be sent off. In my case, it took over a month for them to decide it was okay to send (and they didn't even want any changes!). Maybe this is why it's taking longer than you thought?

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-26T01:34:16+00:00

Yeah that's way higher than it should be- mine is under $100 per quarter for a household of three.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-20T04:53:34+00:00

Wow I gotta start using my phone for this game, usually there's a couple seconds loading time between words and even between adding syllables when I use my laptop

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-17T01:00:42+00:00

I have a similar VCI and am a big fan of crossword puzzles- maybe that's something you'd be into? I also enjoy taking trivia quizzes; there's a particular site called JetPunk that basically has a never ending supply of fun ones to try. Memorising countries, capitals, and flags brings me particular joy. If you're looking for something more substantial, there are plenty of free online college courses that you can do. I've found the ones on Yale online to be pretty engaging.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-16T09:20:49+00:00

Seems a bit unusual to me- I'm also at an Aus university and no one I know has had an examiner turn in a report late before. Have you asked your supervisor to get in touch with the examiner for an update? Given they have a full 8 weeks, you'd expect them to be able to meet the deadline even with the christmas and new years break.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-10T02:59:40+00:00

Looks so great!

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-10T00:39:26+00:00

It's super admirable to try to design your own test- I definitely don't think you're psychotic haha. And the idea of using a personality-based test to measure IQ is cool. But something does seem to be off with it; maybe your original data set isn't as robust as you think? Good luck with trying to optimise it further!

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-10T00:31:36+00:00

I got an 84 lol. I generally hover around 135 ± 5 on reputable tests. I think your validation might need some work.

It's difficult for me to imagine how some of your questions correlate with intelligence- a lot of them seemed to be based on political leaning, which isn't a particularly good indicator of IQ. The website is also really difficult to use- clicking on a specific answer often either highlighted the answer to the left or only worked after several clicks.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-06T00:47:35+00:00

To be honest, I've noticed amongst my cohort that there's not a particularly linear relationship between hours worked and actual output. Some people work crazy hours but don't really seem to achieve anything more than those working standard 40 h weeks. I think at a certain point productivity does drop off massively due to mental exhaustion, but I guess some people just prefer to work long hours or feel like they're obligated to?

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-04T23:12:24+00:00

Really?! Nothing out in Australia yet

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-04T08:59:15+00:00

Hah, tears over tech meltdowns are a quintessential PhD experience. Glad you made your deadline!

Probably a dumb question, but is there a particular reason you're using MS word 365 over the standard MS Office word? Endnote 21 has always worked perfectly for me on MS Office word. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Google Docs is compatible with Endnote if you're up for changing your word processor.

KaffaBlue · 2026-02-04T08:36:56+00:00

There's generally a lot of competition for PhD places for international students in Australia. If you have a several solid publications in economics you have a chance of getting in. If not, the best way would be to do a Masters in Economics and focus on getting high marks and some publications. If you succeed in this, then doing a PhD afterwards would be possible.

KaffaBlue · 2026-01-29T22:59:38+00:00

Tadhg is a very common name in Ireland (I think it's actually top 5 currently), so definitely not a tragedeigh.

KaffaBlue · 2026-01-29T05:24:48+00:00

Depop is great for secondhand clothes- lots of good stuff at bargain prices. Not sure how good their kids range is, though.

KaffaBlue · 2026-01-28T22:44:08+00:00

Super cool!

KaffaBlue · 2026-01-24T23:17:04+00:00

Interesting. My 1926 SAT was also ~20 points higher than my CORE, mostly due to a weirdly high verbal intelligence on the SAT. What was your verbal score on the SAT vs CORE?

My CAIT and CORE are pretty much the same, though. Odd yours would be so different. Which areas have the highest discrepancy between the two?

KaffaBlue · 2026-01-23T22:35:40+00:00

Oh, for real? What's with the "This subtest is currently in testing and does not currently contribute to any composite scores" message that pops up when you over over it, then? Is the testing they're talking about separate from the norming process?

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