BCEagle91

Taking a picture with a digital camera is easier than using a scanner.

dlesk

every morning, i buy a muffin that comes in a paper bag. i just take my notes on that muffin bag, and at the end of the day i put it on the pile of all the other paper muffin bags. works great

echoes600

seriously, it's not that hard. just buy four notebooks and a planner. no need to scan or use a laptop.

BronxBombers7

I found (a little too late, but better than never) that the best way for me to stay organized was to buy a three-ring binder for each class. I put filler paper in them to take notes and bought a 3-hole punch to insert handouts chronologically into the binders. Also, I took the class syllabus and slid it into the plastic sleeve on the cover of the binder. Great system, it worked extremely well for me this year.

marylandmike09

Here's what I suggest if you can afford it:

Go to Verizon.com

And buy the most expensive blackberry on there and you can organize your life on it. The second most expensive one you can Instant Message.

OKgirl

^ that's what I did. lol It really is great, but you can pretty much get the same organization functions out of windows calendar.

nocousin

Organization is inate in many people. For others its the opposite. But it can be a learned skill. It requires discipline and your desire to fix it. One of the best ways is to write down a routine....a daily schedule and stick to it. Before long it will be habit and just "your schedule" and people will know that around you. Its an important skill to develop, because being disorganized at work is a career killer. Big time.

You are very young, so dont fret about it. Just resolve to fix it and learn this important skill. Hint: its starts with healthy lifestyles, getting to bed on time, eating properly. (Believe it or not what you eat affects how you feel and how you think.) Get up at the same time (within reason) each day and MAKE YOUR BED. Put dirty clothes in the hamper, keep your desk clean in your dorm room. Just MAKE yourself do it. Hang out with ORGANIZED people who are disciplined study types. Avoid disorganized, party animals and slobs. Like the advertisement says, "JUST DO IT!"

Good luck.

INVENIAMVIAM

haha dlesk, great idea :]

to the OP, if you don't want to bother getting a whiteboard like someone else suggested, you can just get dry-erase markers and write on your mirror! I do it all the time and it's been the one big thing that's helped me get organized. Just write the stuff you need to do, or remember to bring, on it.

Also, I don't know if you type or handwrite your notes, but if handwritten, you should number then in the upper right-hand corner, so you can keep them in order and stay on track. That way, even if they get jumbled up and you feel inclined to just stuff them in one place, you'll still have the numbers so you know what order everything goes in.

You could even try [if you handwrite your notes] writing in a different color ink for each subject. That way, if you don't have time to skim through and figure out what class it's for, or if you just don't WANT to take the time, you can just see what color it is, and therefore what class it is :]

OKgirl

you can just get dry-erase markers and write on your mirror!
They make markers that are made for mirrors. The are kinda like paint markers, so they show up much better and they don't come off as easily (don't worry, they come off if you want them to!).

INVENIAMVIAM

haha, OKgirl, good idea there too. I've just never bothered going and buying any like "specialty" markers for it, because my dry-erase markers serve me well. But for the hardcore mirror-writing-enthusiasts, those might be a better idea :]

OKgirl

^I used dry erase markers once and they came off after my shower. I also had a hard time seeing what they said. Those markers are also good for if you want to leave a little note or something on someone's car window.

COlsen573

muffin bags...brilliant

ktpowers92

Well, what i do is i have a binder for each class. i do NOT take the binders to class. smoe of the binders are bigger than others, depending on the amount of work for the class. i seperate each section using tabs. that makes it super easy for studying for finals. when i go to class, i use just one 5 subject notebook that has the little folders to divide the sections. in my notebook i keep only the things were working on in class. homework, worksheets etc. once we take the unit test (or a quiz and you know you won't need the stuff for a while) i move the sheets from the notebook into the binder. write the date on everything! if soemthing gets mixed up, you can easily put it back into place. well, im gonna be a soph this year too and that system worked really well for me last year. it was sooo easy to study for finals and find everything and i didnt have to carry tons of stuff back and forth. granted, i do go to a laptop school, so i also have tons of stuff on my laptop that i take back and forth. alright, hope i helped

ali_mayhem

I have a binder for each subject and another binder with th divider tabs in it(enough for ever class im taking) and keep all my current work in that binder and when we get a new subjec I take it out my "all-class" binder and into its appropriate binder.

I also colr code my pages by wrtitting in a certain color for eac class AND coloring the corner of my looseleaf notes a dif. Color for each ch. So if they DO get messed up I can quicly org. Them into class AND ch. =D

Yea yea I know im an uptightly organized geek/dork lmao...

Fanatic517

Here's something that I started doing last semester, which really helped me. Start a document, and then look at each of your syllabi. Find every assignment, put it on the document, including when it's due, and what percentage of your grade it is. This isn't things like readings (I just keep my syllabi on my desk and look at them for those), but for papers, group projects, etc.

So it would look like:

"HIST 375:
Response Papers (40%)
Due February 10
Due February 17" Etc etc.

And then put strike marks through each assignment as they were completed, and put grades on there. Basically, a master syllabus.