advice from current and former WM students

Here_to_Help
Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:10:20 +0000

For some classes using a laptop is quite hard as it may deal with lots of images that you would have to draw. For the big lecture classes maybe about half of the students bring laptops (although some professors prohibit them), but for smaller classes the proportion is much lower I have found. Personally, as someone with a large screen (which can make doing work more efficient as you can fit two documents side by side on the screen) I would not take my laptop to class - it would just be too bulky. I also use it as my TV though… Some professors also put the lecture slides online before the class starts so some students like to take notes directly into powerpoint while others may print the slides out to use as a reference while taking notes. It all comes down to personal preference, really. And yes, having a 17+ inch laptop is too bulky to carry around all day or fit on the little writing desks, at least for me.