<p>1) Two large binders (1.5 inch) (one for M/W/Fr and one for T/Th) - with dividers in between to separate the classes. I'd also be carrying a hole punch with me to hole punch any handouts that aren't already. </p>
<p>2) Notebook/folder for each class - a single subject notebook with a two pocket folder to carry all papers/handouts - physical notes would be in the two pocket folder. </p>
<p>Each option above would be accompanied with my Macbook and/or iPad w/ bluetooth keyboard.</p>
<p>Pros and cons of each? Personal organization tips? </p>
<p>Personally I’ve always preferred having a notebook for each class. It’s less bulky than a binder, there are fewer loose papers than my binders used to have, and I can just grab what I need for that day.</p>
<p>But you should do whichever feels more comfortable/natural to you. What system do you prefer in highschool? If that works for you, stick with it.</p>
<p>I use a 1’ binder for all of my handouts, with dividers between all of the subjects. I also put in some loose leaf paper for while I sometimes need it. I then type all of my notes on my laptop and save them in drop box. Before a test I print them and put them in my binder Pre-laptop days I had a notebook for each class. </p>
<p>With me, I don’t use a binder bc it is bulky but I don’t like notebooks either so I use a Mead Notebinder, it has the rings on the outside so it doesn’t take up a lot of space. I also use my tablet exclusively and put everything on google drive and then i just print from the school.</p>
<p>I use single folders for each class. I prefer the flexibility of a folder (with notes on loose-leaf) than in bound spirals. Spirals break on me, and I’m not able to pull specific notes or reorder them, which drives me crazy.</p>
<p>As a former notebook-user and current binder-user, I feel I am both educated and unbiased enough to give an informative answer. </p>
<p>The best method is definitely to go with binders. The flexibility of binders makes them indisputably better than notebooks. When you actually need to organize notes and things which you will look back on, binders are the way to go. They allow you to edit whatever section you need until it’s perfectly organized. With notebooks, once you write in a page, you’re stuck with those marks unless you won’t to rip out a sheet (which is disgusting BTW). I mean think about it, binders do everything notebooks do, except they have infinitely more flexibility. Name me one thing that a notebook can do that a binder can’t do better? You can’t think of anything.</p>
<p>Yeah, binders are not a logical shape, but the spirals from notebooks can loosen and dig into your fingernails. I had a friend whose notebook spiral go in her fingernail and ripped it off. She’s been emotionally scarred til this day. Also, when I switched from notebooks to binders, I noticed my GPA rose by 0.4 points. Also, my friends who use binders get better grades than my friends who use notebooks.</p>
<p>So, the best route is to definitely go with binders. This is actually an objective fact. Anyone who disagrees must misunderstand the facts or the question.</p>
<p>My only issue with binders is that they’re rather large (at least the ones I’ll be using - since I’m gonna have two 1.5 inch ones) - and desks at colleges are rather small. Otherwise, I love everything binders can do over notebooks - the only issue is size. </p>
<p>see this is the stigma college dropouts face! this is the stigma that follows us for the rest of our uneducated lives! do you know what it feels like to be stigmatized? i hope you don’t because it feels BAD, and i hope none of you ever feel that in all of your educated lives, if you did then you would want to protest it like i do, and i wish you would! im too busy protesting my college to protest the stigma attached to college drop outs but if i could be in two places at once i would be protesting that too, i would be protesting them simultaneously! </p>
<p>No, it’s not an objective fact. There is no single best route when it comes to organization. The best route is to do whatever you will follow-through with and whatever helps you find whatever you need to find.</p>
<p>And you’re GPA argument is, let’s face it, a little silly. There’s no reason that binders would result in an increased GPA. I use notebooks because I hate binders, and I graduated college with a 4.0. I’m not saying that notebooks are the reason I got a good GPA, but binders over notebooks isn’t going to change anything.</p>
<p>OP, use whatever you like. Any organization method is fine as long as you actually do it. I suggest you just try something (anything, really) during your first semester, and you’ll figure out pretty quickly what you like and what you don’t like. I started out having different notebooks for classes and the whole deal when I was a freshman, and ended up using one single subject notebook for all my classes by the time I was a sophomore. Honestly, do whatever you like.</p>