u/Sweaty_Matter_4259

Hi all, for those who applied for HDR, do they have to complete the Genuine Student form? It is listed under coursework section of International students and i also asked for scholarship. Alongside that, i did not apply with an agent as i am onshore already. I believe it is a mistake of some sort that UQ is asking me to complete these even when i specified i am self applying without any agent for HDR degree.

Also my current status is Under assessment after being supported by school/Institute.

Note: I already called UQ about this and they also couldn’t give me an answer as to why i was asked, told me they will call back when they have an answer, so i posted it here to see if it is required to complete it!

Seeing the recent fraud and ethical violations on publications is really disgraceful and people should be ashamed of it. Given how competitive scholarships are around the world and countries like Australia have raised the bar so high where international candidates require at least two Q1 publications and 3.5+ GPA to be competitive, it really pisses me off as to how many people have gotten away through this scheme and have secured RTP. I am not saying all fall in the same category but as someone who is competing only with a bachelor (honours) from Australia, against candidates with masters and publications, i am honestly more angry at those who got their funding through such “fake” talent schemes.

Cause every research centres at the uni i have checked has at-least 3-5 Bangladeshi origin candidates, and it honestly made me wonder how is it that these guys have done so much in so little. But alas, the truth does come out and i just can’t stop viewing them in a different way.

Today i was delivering in Toorak, Melb. It was an apartment which was located on a narrow street. There was literally no parking and the street had no through road. So i had to stop in the middle of the street with a car waiting behind me, i buzzed the apartment and left their coles grocery at the entrance gate. It was literally one bag too. I called them over the phone via the uber app, apologising and explaining the situation. She went like, “I am gonna ask for a refund and I won’t come down to pick it”. and then she hung up. I called again and she went like, “I absolutely f**king not gonna come down and give you the pin. I don’t care if there was no parking and it’s not my problem” and the she hung up. I felt shit ngl, reported her to Uber. Prolly nothing else gonna happen tho, uber won’t do anything to her i believe.

I have been emailing heaps of supervisors across Australia including Go8 Unis. The most common response was they find the proposal super interesting but unfortunately declining cause they were at full capacity. A lot have agreed to supervise and asked me to submit a formal application. One supervisor even wanted to supervise me “as an EXCEPTION” to her load because our research interests align so well. Overall, every supervisor have been super nice and polite. I came across this supervisor earlier today, sending an email to arrange a meeting should his interests align. He came back asking about applying and also to send my English Score, asking about visa status in Australia (I indicated im onshore international), regarding my final year thesis and whether i had been talking to any other unis. I obviously told him everything and also i have two personal projects which i have made a business out of, which is why i cannot make my apps repository public, which i replied to him mentioning it and instead provided the individual portfolio links. My emails to all other academics were same in nature, and none of them have made me feel like this. This was his response which kinda took me off and a bit surprised, i feel more like a suspect going under investigation for a crime with the continuous lines of questioning. My CV clearly answers 80% of what he asked, which i clearly sent him before. Some I understand can be normal like why i wanna do PhD. But asking about the unis and the professors i have spoken to is a lot i think.

This is his reply to my last email:

“
Whom have you been discussing PhD options with at (Deleted) University?

Who supervised your honours thesis project? Can you please send me the report from your honours thesis?

When you say "I have had supervision discussions with academics” what do you mean? Have you had online meetings with these people or met them in person? Or is it just emails?

Have you submitted your research proposal to a PhD application already? Have you got any results from any PhD applications so far? How did you come up with the research proposal?

What other things would you need to consider in this research proposal if you were to act upon it?

Have you been to any academic conferences before? I see you listed in your proposal X and Y conferences, can you please provide links to the conferences you mean in this regard?

I want to see evidence of what you can program and develop.  Can you please provide a link to where I can see software you have developed before?

Can you please let me know who are your referees?

Why do you want to do a PhD?

What are you planning on doing post-PhD?

Thanks.
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EDIT: I just want a generic discussion, my judgement is prolly biased towards the experiences i have had from other supervisors who were really nice, appreciative and approachable. This is not to degrade or disrespect anyone!

UPDATE: I ended up being more understanding of this approach from supervisors thanks to the incredible responses from the group. I have replied to him with everything he asked for and will update once he gets back.

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This may not relate to you, but honestly speaking, the only useful thing about bidesh is holding that visa free travel facility through its citizenship. Otherwise with rise in cost of living, inflation, life has become so tough to a greater extent. Finding time to cook for yourself is a burden when after working that 9-5, and spending 1hr driving home, the body gives up, and then you end up ordering expensive takeout.

I remember those O’Level and A’Level days where despite doing continuous coachings, there was always this lovely home cooked meal on the table, you never had to worry about transport cause you had someone to drive you around, being out with mates was affordable unlike now, where a coffee costs A$6 or even 7 in some areas. Thinking of leaving everything and just coming back home and getting a job here. At least being surrounded by the fam and having that good banter at the end of a long hard day is way better than trying to juggle between work, managing food and relaxing on your own in a first world country.

This may not relate to you, but honestly speaking, the only useful thing about bidesh is holding that visa free travel facility through its citizenship. Otherwise with rise in cost of living, inflation, life has become so tough to a greater extent that you have to decide whether you want to cook that favourite Bengali meal after working that 9-5, and spending 1hr driving home when that body goes restless, and you simply end up ordering that bland takeaway on UE.

I remember those O’Level and A’Level days where despite doing continuous coachings, there was always this lovely home cooked meal on the table, you never had to worry about transport cause you had someone to drive you around, being out with mates was affordable unlike now, where a coffee costs A$6 or even 7 in some areas. Thinking of leaving everything and just coming back home and getting a job here. At least being surrounded by the fam and having that good banter at the end of a long hard day is way better than trying to juggle between work, managing food and relaxing on your own in a first world country.

I have hold a Bachelor Honours Degree from a reputed university. Aside from some side projects and freelance experience, i have successfully set up my own business too working from scratch which started as a hobby and turned to a big project. And now with that experience i feel like i am ready to embark on a real journey within the industry to use my technical skillsets and expertise to grow and learn as well.

Please reach out via chat for discussion! I am based in Melbourne currently but open to any state as mentioned!

Like today, i was crying in the car because at one point cause i felt soo alone, i do ride-sharing to make ends meet and sometimes the days are not great unlike others. And i restricted my food intake to one or sometimes two meals a day max!

I was asking Allah in tears while driving to make it easy and make my life better. I had dinner and had these posts popping on social media, which i can relate to and i was so amazed!

One read, “One day everything will be fine, stop stressing about it”, with the letters In Shaa Allah in Arabic written on top

The very next one, “The Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said - If you were to rely upon Allah with the reliance He is due, you would be given provision like the birds: They go out hungry in the morning and come back with full bellies in the evening”

And the best one i saw from a post from one of the mosque i go to attend lectures of an Islamic Scholar, which said, “Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you and like something which is bad for you. Allah knows and you don’t know” - Qur’an 2:216

My POV of this post is, always having Allah in your mind and heart always helps, I dont think these are coincidences to immediately get posts like these which you can relate to unless the algorithms are weird. I changed my life this Ramadan and always think of Allah SWT and this has Alhamdullilah kept me in good terms. Ofc we are human, so it is normal to experience certain moments, but having that faith and reliance towards Allah AND pushing through can sometimes be the means for light at the end of the tunnel.