what do i need?

[Ellibam]

so im starting uni in march and i need to know what will i need??
do i take notes while in class or do they hand them out??

i want to take advantage of back to school stuff...

[briggsy's girl]

a lot of it depends on the course, but essentially i'd be making sure i had the books, pens etc. some courses make basic notes available online, but i always added my own notes

i also took sketchy notes myself at lectures, and then had nice neat folders that i rewroted everything in - it was a learning tool for me - rewriting, and elaborating from memory on my cruddy notes, helped me to absorb it all - i was FORCING my brain to recall it all and write it down kwim?

take advantage of the sales hun - keep an eye out for safeway/woolies 1c books - they're fantastic! and if you're paying only a few cents for a book - well, if you end up NOT needing them, you have kidlets that will be learning to write and draw things soon enough!

[Jennifer13]

Depends on the course. I found spiral bound note-books the best, much easier to flip backwards and forwards (which I needed to do often!). Also, those coloured tabs that the post-it note people make were invaluable to highlight important note pages and write on.

Not much else really. A laptop was my favourite piece of study equipment, taking it to the library saved me a lot of doubling up when it came to note-taking and a lot of time.