<p>I'll be a frosh this school year, and I was just wondering if any past (or current) students know how the profs feel about tape recording lectures. I find that it helps me listen when I don't have to worry about writing down every piece of info, but before I invest in a nice recorder, I wanted to know profs' views on them.</p>
<p>I would be surprised if a Haverford professor didn't let you record a lecture if that is what you need to best master their material. You might want to look at a Livescribe pen, though. It looks like the coolest note taking device-- it records a lecture while you take notes on special paper and when you're reviewing your notes, if you point at something you don't understand, that part of the lecture plays back. You can also download your notes to your computer and convert them to text. I think David Pogue of the NYTimes reviewed it a few months ago.</p>
<p>I think it will depend on the prof but I don't think you'll find the need. A lot of the classess are discussion based which may not translate well on to tape. There are plenty of stores in walking distance so you can always wait and see... also, if I'm not mistaken and my memory serves me correctly, you're from Manhattan and NYC sales tax is much higher than Philly?</p>
<p>haha, that's true about the taxes hcAlum, good point. </p>
<p>Yes, I'm hoping that most of my classes are discussion based anyway and don't consist of completely passive note-taking; I just feel like the quality of information/education I will be exposed to is too valuable to miss as a result of under-par notetaking. </p>
<p>But this post probably gives the impression that I'm thinking about this a lot. Which I'm not. At this point, I'm just plain excited!!</p>