zking786

What do people typically use for note taking:
1. A tablet PC
2. Lined paper and a binder
3. A notebook
4. A laptop

The reason I ask is that I'm trying to gauge how feasible it is to take notes on a laptop. Is it hard to keep up with the professor when using a notebook? Are there usually lots of important diagrams or pictures?

What do people usually use to take notes?

molliebatmit

Many classes hand out notes on paper, so I always took notes on my own paper (scrap Athena paper, actually) or on the notes handed out in class.

A substantial minority of people take notes on laptops, or else play on their laptops during class. You can't tell.

xxxzxxx

How about the people in the GIRs' classes? Not that many labtops?

stasterisk

I don't imagine they're much different. Take one, and find out.

Honestly though, how everyone else is taking notes should be of no import.. find the way that works best for you, personally.

mitsoph

I agree with stasterisk that do whatever works for you. Personally, I used notebooks and just had a different one for each class. It's any easy way to keep organized and especially with all of the math and science classes, it may be hard to do it all with a laptop since there are so many numbers and diagrams.

cryst4lx3

yup..plus I tend to remember things better if I write them down. How large of a notebook will one need for the typical math/science class? Is 1 subject okay? Or maybe even smaller..would non-full sized pages work? (I write pretty small) =D

molliebatmit

I usually got one 5-subject for all of my classes -- that way I could use the extra subject if one of my classes required a lot of note-taking.

But of course other kinds of paper work just fine too -- like I said, junior year I started taking all my notes on the Athena header paper you get when you print something to Athena (it has your name on it, and graph paper lines, and it is free).