There's an important distinction that needs to be made within Kaust: the administration has been awful while the faculty and students have been wonderful. The virtues of the faculty and students are what have made this whole thing worth it. I leave with a great education and I have met some great people.
I offer the highest compliments to the Applied Math program. In my year and half of work under some very highly respected professors, I have gained so much knowledge that even my undergraduate self seems childish in comparison. It has made me not just a better mathematician, but a formidable learner. After what I have accomplished in the classrooms here, I feel there is nothing that my mind cannot handle.
I also have to acknowledge the student body, in particular the friends that I have made along the way. It's been fun. In spite of everything gone wrong, it really has been a blast. The sleepless nights in the library would have been miserable to do alone. Instead, those were the times where I laughed the most. I don't know what I would have done without my friends here.
And your daily wake-up call, duh :)
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