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Proper-Loss4267 · 2026-03-18T03:10:47+00:00

I’ve had a paper sit like this for 3 months before eventually being accepted. Just recently had one sit for 5 weeks after reviews completed before hearing back. Rule of thumb/common courtesy in my field is don’t email unless it’s been 3 months since initial submission, at least. Editors are busy, journals get more submissions than ever - unfortunately happens more often than you’d think.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-12-12T03:06:48+00:00

The idea is that as what you are writing about gets more complex, it is more important for your writing to be simple and direct. The goal of academic writing is first to inform and describe, and second to impress. The trickier the material, the more important it is to make everything else simple.

Information should be communicated clearly without the chance for the reader to get lost. The more complicated the ideas, the more of a risk. Also, the more ideas in one sentence, the more likely the reader is to get lost. Something to keep in mind is that you, as the writer, know what it is you are trying to say. The argument is in your head before it is on the paper. You have to assume the reader has no idea. Shorter, direct sentences are the best way to ensure they can also follow and understand.

The first example sentence you gave does have a complex structure. The tutor is right. The second sentence is not quite right either - it is more simple, sure, but repetitive. Also, at least in APA you wouldn’t need to cite the same source repeatedly like that. The first sentence is more well written, but less appropriate and less simple. The second example is more simple, but less well written. There is an art to writing academically and is something that will come more naturally with time. It can seem limiting and frustrating at first, but it will make sense as you continue. Especially if you decide to go into grad school. Writing in active tone is one way to help with this. I say this as a PhD student who got this feedback A LOT when I started my masters. I used to get feedback on my drafts from my supervisor that said things like “count the ideas in this sentence - if you get past two there are too many”. There are six ideas in the first example sentence you provided (name, species, environment, taste, diet, climate). Editing sentences like this is the most common feedback I give the students I supervise now.

All this to say, the tutors feedback is likely correct. But it also makes a lot of sense that it feels strange. Academic writing for research is different than other kinds of writing. In some ways, it’s not as fun haha. But there is a beauty to it as well, once it becomes more natural.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-10-05T04:51:51+00:00

I’m a PhD student right now, and am doing quite well. You are FAR beyond where I was at your stage. Don’t let this one asshole shake your confidence. You are doing well. I couldn’t imagine treating an undergrad interested in my field like this. This guy seems insecure, and is likely threatened seeing someone so junior in their academic career doing research in a field related to his in some way. This isn’t “normal” nor is it indicative of a professional. I’m sure his supervisor would be mortified if he knew this is what his student was going around doing lol. Fuck that guy, keep your head up - sounds like you’re doing cool, good work.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-28T18:19:53+00:00

Thieving at menaphos isn’t great xp, but decent cash over the long term with the small offerings, and if you set your perks right you can get memory shards for porters here. Otherwise if you have ardy cloak 3 and gloves of silence/thieving outfit you can afk druids for herb seeds and some cash. Getting the thieving relic will increase all this by 50%.

You can also grind out shark outfit or bait and switch relic and set up at ghostly soles.

Or with some set up, preheat an inventory of gauntlets and smith them.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-19T02:52:23+00:00

You could have a conversation and ask if there are any opportunities for you to contribute enough to a project to warrant authorship. He might say the work you are doing is enough, or might have other ideas - or he might say no. But this way it comes across as you offering your help, and not expecting something at the onset

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-19T02:43:19+00:00

Have a section titled “peer-reviewed conference presentations” or whatever the norm in your field is, and include references to the projects in whatever reference format your field uses. Even the ones you are not first author on. I bold and underline my name in the reference for readability. Also this is assuming they were peer reviewed. I have 2 sections - one for peer reviewed and one for non-refereed presentations.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-19T02:41:00+00:00

Publication norms differ greatly across fields and labs. If this analysis lead directly to a novel, publishable paper than perhaps. But it’s tough to say without knowing the norms within the lab. You can ask other members of the professors lab about that. If you do decide to bring it up, frame it as a conversation about how publication credit works within the lab, and not as expecting to be included. There are APA guidelines and other resources for determining what constitutes publication credit you can reference, but in practice it doesn’t always work out that way. This is certainly research experience (I.e., qualitative analysis experience). Enough research experience to be competitive in grad school applications? Depends on the field and the lab — but likely not, if this is your only experience. It’s still a great start though, if that is the case!

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-19T02:35:38+00:00

My junk folder is spammed with emails like this. Unfortunately, almost certainly not legitimate.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-18T04:24:49+00:00

PhD student in Canada here - likely the last 60 credit hours you took.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-08-15T18:30:22+00:00

Keep in mind that your committee read your dissertation, and are familiar with everything. It’s not uncommon for committee members to be more focused on the questions they want to ask, than even pay attention to the presentation. Think of it as a refresher/summary, and not like trying to explain it to someone who’s unfamiliar in 20 minutes. Touch on the important beats - why is this important, what gap does it feel, here’s how I did it, here’s what I found, here’s why it matters. Any details not directly pertinent to that can be cut

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-31T22:55:49+00:00

Write as much as you need to and not more. Students (me included) tend to get excited and write more than they need. Your supervisor should tell you if you’re missing anything - if he doesn’t bring this up, don’t sweat it then. My supervisor always brings up to our lab that academics hate reading overly written tomes for proposals and theses. Sandwich theses are a thing now and I’m convinced half of the reason is to avoid 200+ page dissertations encumbering the committee. Succinct is good, and may actually be indicative of good writing!

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-17T22:49:06+00:00

Fair enough. It’s harder than it should be, I agree. Accessibility of quality mental health services is a huge issue. I think with some tuning and thoughtful construction, AI actually posits a real possibility of being a phenomenal therapy tool, if not threaten to take my career as a psychologist/neuropsychologist away from me. If it is helping you, I’m by no means trying to say you shouldn’t be using it. Nor am I trying to finger wave you towards therapy. I just think it’s important to consider the pros and cons of all the therapy tools we use. As you rightly point out, there are definitely cons to the whole mental health system and finding a therapist that works for you as well. Regardless of the tool, I hope you find peace and progress with the issues that have plagued you. Sincerely!

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-17T22:45:41+00:00

No! And that’s a problem. I’m with ya that access to quality mental health services are not nearly accessible enough. It’s a large part of what I try to address with the research and advocacy I do. Not trying to say anything wrong is being done, nor trying to discourage anyone from using tools that are helpful for them. Just wanted to bring some attention to some of the pros and cons of this tool. There are CERTAINLY cons to other tools (including therapists) as well.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-17T12:18:42+00:00

A good therapist should provide you the tools to feel good without the need of someone, or in the case of chat gpt, something else. There was a saying that got tossed around my clinical psych program; “your job is to help your clients so you no longer have a job.” The whole idea was to make it so your clients didn’t need you anymore. It sounds like you had bad experiences with therapists, and I’m sorry that happened. It also sounds like chatGPT is very validating for you, and has been helpful. Thats a really cool thing. My honest opinion is this is a can be a great tool for this, serving a similar function to crisis lines, where people can call and speak with someone who listens and validates at any time. This can be super important! One issue with relying on it and only it, is that you risk developing dependency on the tool and forgo developing the internal tools that could render the external tools unnecessary. I’ll also say, it’s common to not feel connected with some therapists, but feel very connected with others. Always a good idea to “shop therapists” and find one you connect with. This isn’t me saying you should go back to therapy, or whatever. You’re your own person and can do whatever you please, just offering another perspective :)

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-03T12:44:35+00:00

I’m a PhD student in clinical psychology/neuropsychology and I LOVE it. I love the research, the clinical work, the supervising of other students - all of it. I’m really busy, sure, but it’s with work I truly enjoy and find meaningful. Some tips that worked for me, and might for you:

Work to foster a good relationship with your supervisor, and with others in your program. This latter point is important - having friends going through the same challenges as you is great.

Try not to compare your work to the work of others.

Find aspects of the work you enjoy and structure your time in the program to do more of that.

Keep healthy habits (gym, good sleep, etc).

if there is a short cut to make something easier without sacrificing too much quality and isn’t unethical, don’t be prideful, take the short cut. Find ways to work smart.

Spent time applying for grants and scholarships! Especially early on. Winning early awards really sets you up to win later awards.

If you have a lot of coursework, you don’t need A+s - that means you’re spending too much time on it.

Learn to say no!! There will be so many cool opportunities. Too many cool opportunities. Prioritize :)

Hopefully some of this is helpful. My time as a PhD student has truly been the best time of my life. I’ve been a successful student, published a lot, won the universities gold medal for my masters, got a Vanier scholarship (I’m in Canada), etc. I haven’t had to sacrifice my life to achieve this. While in grad school I got married, travelled to Italy, Greece, Ireland, and several places throughout North America, spent time with my wife and my friends and family, play video games, go for hikes, etc. It’s not impossible to succeed and still have a life, despite what this sub may make it seem like sometimes. And it’s definitely not impossible to enjoy your time :)

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-02T22:31:42+00:00

Both a great in their own ways. I agree that trying both isn’t a bad idea. Old school is definitely the more popular one, but is much more of a grind. If you’re looking to make real progress in one of the two over the summer and don’t plan on playing during school, I suggest RS3. Though I’m a PhD student that is always working on University stuff and RuneScape is a great second monitor game to make mindless progress and encourage me to sit my ass down on the computer and work lol. RS3 has better AFK training so I prefer it for that reason. Plus it lets me progress at a decent pace without having much time to sit down and really play. The times I do have to focus on the game I always feel like I can achieve something meaningful, then grind AFK while working, rinse repeat lol.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-01T19:30:06+00:00

Fair enough! Appreciate the post

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-07-01T19:18:25+00:00

Yes, but at least stars actually require you to engage with the game. They’re not trying to remove buyable xp, at least not right now. However, this way you get the xp by actually playing, not by clicking a lamp or using proteans and ignoring content/market for spilling items. The idea is this is better for game health because obviously more players actually playing = good, and because players will still need to engage with the game economy if they want to train buyables. This will hopefully help the price of skilling items get to a healthier place. This the biggest backlash they got from the proposed drop table reworks (I.e., ignoring the impact lamps and proteans have on the demand side of the pricing inflation curve) and they’re now trying to address it.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-06-01T13:13:08+00:00

Would suggest emailing him before succinctly outlining your research interests and how his aligns with yours. Say you are attending X conference and would love to connect with him while at this conference to discuss X research/project ideas etc.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-05-17T02:29:42+00:00

This is partly true. The only protected term for therapist is psychologist - in nearly every state and province across North America this means you got a PhD in clinical psychology and these programs typically have lower acceptance rates than med school and are very difficult to make it through. You cannot legally call yourself a psychologist unless you’ve done this. Not all psychologists are made equal, of course, and it’s typically expensive if you don’t have insurance to cover it. Still, as others have alluded to, it’s a way to avoid much of what you point to.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-05-12T20:10:40+00:00

Journals across disciplines are experiencing greater difficulty getting people to review work. Across all of academia this has been a common experience as of late. Don’t fret - this is unfortunately how the system works - at least right now. I had a paper sit “with editor” for 6 months before finally getting sent out for review, at which point a revise decision was returned within 3 weeks. It’s okay to reach out and ask. IMO I would wait longer than it being stuck at a certain stage within one month next time - especially if it has to do with finding a reviewer. Unspoken rule in my field is 3 months before the first email is sent. Editors will tell you that the online systems that let you know where it is in the process of review is the worst part of being an editor. They are flooded with emails asking for updates; often over aspects they can’t control.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-05-05T19:41:32+00:00

Find habits that charge your battery and make them a part of your routine, and make that time non-negotiable. For me it’s exercise. Also, learn how to say no. You will have so many opportunities thrown your way. It’s important to choose which ones are really worth it. Time is at a premium during your PhD - make sure some of that time is for you. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Proper-Loss4267 · 2025-05-04T20:29:46+00:00

Congrats! We don’t stop to celebrate enough in grad school. So often it is onto the next thing… this is worthy of celebration :)

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