<p>How prevalent is laptop use in class at UT? Do many students use laptops to take notes? When I toured Rice University, a couple of the classroom doors were open and there were tons of Dell Inspirons and little Thinkpads on most of the desks; when I toured UT, I didn't get a chance to actually go inside any of the buildings (except McCombs, only the lobbyish part with all the plaques and such). But Rice and UT are as different as night and day, the only common denominator being that they're both in Texas. </p>
<p>How high tech is UT, as a whole? I have to admit I <em>love</em> the Dine-In Dollars/Bevo Bucks system. I think UT's really learned how to make the most of the Internet and make things like paying for meal plans, etc., a whole lot easier given the number of students they have!</p>
<p>It's about 30/60 on computer/handwritten notes in many classes. Most people write their notes by hand, but there is portion of any class that uses a computer. None of the professors would give you strange looks if you popped open a Dell on the first day of class.</p>
<p>Also, the entire university is like a big wireless hub (or so I've heard; I don't have wireless) so you can access the internet pretty much anywhere. </p>
<p>Since you like the BevoBuxx thing so much, you might also like to know that UT is organized so you can do pretty much EVERYTHING online. Pay your parking ticket, register for classes, look up books in the libraries BEFORE you make the effort to go there, get a refill on your prescriptions from the university pharmacy, check your grades, get assignments.</p>
<p>I see plenty of people carrying laptop to classes (I'm one of them) I use it actively in my contemporary moral problems class to view the power points and directly take notes inside the file and in my microeconomics class. It's pretty useful, you can come out with nice and neat notes. For the most part the campus is all wireless, there are some dead spots but whatever. </p>
<p>They give you 500 mb a week with the wireless internet and really its more than enough.</p>
<p>bevo bucks are pretty good, they work on various different places on the drag (jack in the box, taco bell, etc) and then in the on campus residence halls and whatnot</p>
<p>Thanks guys! I was wondering about the pros and cons of using laptops at UT (should I get in, of course). I've always used notebooks and taken notes by hand (except in one rare exception, my biology class), so this will be a new experience for me. I do type much faster than I write; it'd be nice to be able to take notes that better reflect the actual lecture. </p>
<p>Do you print out your notes and study that way, or just read from your laptop monitor? </p>
<p>Also, is powerpoint heavily used? Are you ever given assignments for PP presentations? I guess it would be worth the cost to have powerpoint, right?</p>
<p>EuropeGirl, if you buy power point (well, microsoft office through UT's computer store it's pretty cheap)</p>
<p>As for power points, they're used frequently. We use them in my philosophy class every day, and my friends have them in their classes. As far as creating power points, I believe that is something very common at McCombs.</p>
<p>I don't really print my notes out (I didnt bring a printer) but with my microsoft word I have that little scribble option, so I do that sometimes. I just read them from the screen, sometimes make flash cards, etc</p>