Free Write/Lionel M.

I like that I have been able to develop a substantial information base in bilingualism; I think that it will come in handy some day. Overall, things have gone well this summer, I have had a chance to read and to think about what I expect out of grad school and what I hope to bring to the table. Now that I have lived in and explore Champaign-Urbana, I think that I have gotten comfortable enough with it that it won't bother me once I get my studies underway. One thing that I would have liked in the SPI program is a little less structure and more personal leeway, by which I mean a more organic workflow less about schedules and deadlines. Granted, working within schedules and deadlines is something I can expect to do in grad school and not everyone is comfortable with a free-form work style.