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Ya I hate binders because they take up so much room.
But I hate writing on the back of pages in notebooks because the rings get in the way.
I'm in a predicament :$
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Clipboard. There is no reason to bring an entire binder full of notes to class. Just bring a clipboard and when you get home you can transfer everything.
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08-16-2010 at 07:45 PM
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The pen is mightier than the...keyboard? Anyway pen and paper is a good choice. Although if your like me you'll find a way to waste time/not pay attention with a pen and paper. For example, my orgo notebook ended up being a nice little sketch/doodle book. Pick your poison.
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08-16-2010 at 07:49 PM
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Clipboard. There is no reason to bring an entire binder full of notes to class. Just bring a clipboard and when you get home you can transfer everything.
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so true I think I'll do that this year
and I use a pencil instead of a pen because I seem to always make mistakes :p |
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08-16-2010 at 07:52 PM
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I wish there was an easy way to edit pdf files that are posted. it makes life so much easier and saves so much paper.
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08-16-2010 at 07:59 PM
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Clipboard. There is no reason to bring an entire binder full of notes to class. Just bring a clipboard and when you get home you can transfer everything.
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that's exactly what i do. it works really well  . |
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I wish there was an easy way to edit pdf files that are posted. it makes life so much easier and saves so much paper.
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I use Nitro, last year I used Foxit.
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08-16-2010 at 08:25 PM
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i liked my laptop for economics, Eng 1P03, and few others. However i found a simple notebook to be infinitely superior for materials eng, physics, and especially math. I also find i have much better memory retention for things i write, so i never actually use the notes...lol
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Clipboard. There is no reason to bring an entire binder full of notes to class. Just bring a clipboard and when you get home you can transfer everything.
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Unless you take ELEC ENG 2FH3 and have random inclass quizzes -.-
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pen and paper pwns
Doesnt matter if someone steals it, light-easy to carry, can stare at without eye strain, can draw pictures on it, can circle and anotate lecture note diagrams, can rip up if frustrated, can make into paper airplane if bored...
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For most of my classes I'm with the consensus, writing my notes on paper is the best way to go. However for some of the classes where there were a lot of notes that couldn't fit on the paper(ended up squishing everything together and couldn't read what I wrote) so I'd use my laptop.
Orgo I actually did a bit of both would use powerpoint to take notes for each slide and would draw out mechanisms on paper (whenever I went to class  ) |
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For most of my classes I'm with the consensus, writing my notes on paper is the best way to go. However for some of the classes where there were a lot of notes that couldn't fit on the paper(ended up squishing everything together and couldn't read what I wrote) so I'd use my laptop.
Orgo I actually did a bit of both would use powerpoint to take notes for each slide and would draw out mechanisms on paper (whenever I went to class ) |
lol omg i did the same thing! it was so cool |
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pen and paper pwns
Doesnt matter if someone steals it, light-easy to carry, can stare at without eye strain, can draw pictures on it, can circle and anotate lecture note diagrams, can rip up if frustrated, can make into paper airplane if bored...
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You won't get eye strain with a laptop either. You'll be constantly switching your eyes from close view to far view so there's no way your eye muscles can lock.
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If going the notebook route, is it worth getting a binder or two? Just in case we get any hand outs? Or... do we ever get handouts?
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If going the notebook route, is it worth getting a binder or two? Just in case we get any hand outs? Or... do we ever get handouts?
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Some classes do have assignments handed out but for first year the only thing i remember getting were outlines and a periodic table from chem |
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08-16-2010 at 09:50 PM
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Some classes do have assignments handed out but for first year the only thing i remember getting were outlines and a periodic table from chem
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and labs too as well as notes if you print them.
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