<p>Ive taken a whole bunch university courses ( and even one through EPGY). Here is what works for me. </p>
<p>1.a separate notebook to take class notes in
I later transfer these notes into a word document to study and to preserve them for finals time, I back these up into my Yahoo! account weekly in case I lose my notebook AND my computer crashes.</p>
<p>Then, I have one separate folder where I keep all the handouts for the class. I love the teachers that make all the handouts available onlin, but for those who don't I'm either lazy and keep them in the folder or am really organized and scan them into a pdf file.</p>
<p>If I really have a lot of time, I'll convert my word documents( which are lecture notes and book notes) into pdfs and add in the handouts( if any) that were associated with each lecture.</p>
<p>As with everything else, I ALWAYS back up my notes every friday.</p>
<p>I'm thinking I might be able to sell my notes as a way to make extra money through college. Just curious, would YOU buy these PDF's?</p>
<p>btw, I'm a rising freshman going to Duke next year.</p>
<p>having been at a university already for a solid 2 years for my high school program (jr and sr years), basically, i've boiled down to clean WHITE printer/copy paper for sci classes and the traditional lined notebooks for others (humanities-type/history/engl. etc.) and a NICE rolling pen (ballpoint) - PILOT Fine point Revolutionary Ink made for "Dr. Grips" u can find re-fillers in Wal-mart, and I've always stuck w/ the same pen casing =) really, that's all you need for lectures =D</p>
<p>(sci classes - white paper b/c it makes things look neater and easier to read, for instance, diagrams 'n stuff, --in fact, i used white paper for math classes too, looks fresher, the lines on notebook paper seem distracting to me haha, and a GOOD Pen for you pen-users b/c trust me, u want one that flows NICELY and FAST, cuz there's no time to go back and re-write stuff for a reason like ur pen didn't let the ink out at a certain angle lol)</p>
<p>Does the MLA Handbook count as a school supply? A lot of the information it supplies can probably be found on the internet, some of it is obvious (2.1: "Definition of Plagiarism"), and its metallic and rainbow coloured, "special lie-flat binding" cover (?) is puzzling, but dammit, it makes me feel more prepared.</p>