<p>I think it depends on your classes. For math, economics, and science courses, you would be better off taking notes by hand. For more writing/reading intensive liberal arts courses, you could easily use a laptop.</p>
<p>My physics teacher decided to lecture all class one day and told everyone to pull out a pen and paper. 5 minutes into it, noticed I wasn’t writing anything and called me out. I told him I could learn better just paying attention rather than writing notes. He said if I didn’t make an A on the test I’d be in detention.</p>
<p>Made a 98, haha, no studying either. Needless to say everyone hated me after that. The teacher was somewhat amused. Probably the only A I ever made in that class either.</p>
<p>Somehow I don’t think that’s gonna work at Cornell… </p>
<p>As far as what I’ll do, I’ll use a laptop whenever possible, because my handwriting is horrendous. I think faster than I write, but I can type fast enough to almost keep up, so legibly typed notes are more useful than furiously scribbled diagrams that may as well have been drawn by a Pre-K with finger paints.</p>
<p>tablet laptops are the way to go if you want a compromise. The handwriting recognition programs are getting better and can do a pretty good job of translating what you write into text. Also, with onenote on a laptop, you can create pretty good figures in your notes.</p>