💡 Comes up with a great idea → 📝 Writes paper
📩 Reviewer 1: “Brilliant work!” → 🤩 Feeling confident
📩 Reviewer 2: “I don’t understand this.” → 🤔 Ok, let me clarify…
📩 Reviewer 3: “This is just a special case of X.” → 😑 X was published last week…
📉 Resubmits with minor tweaks → 😭 “Rejected due to limited novelty.”
🔥 Rewrites intro, changes title, resubmits to another conference → 🏆 Accepted!
😂 Welcome to the PhD rollercoaster!