Spiral Notebook or Binder?

[GoodEarth]

I started off this semester using a spiral notebook but got bombarded with papers (papers are covering my desk as we speak). I'm considering just switching over to binder w/ loose leaf paper so i can hold everything. How do you guys stay organized if you use spiral notebooks or if you use binder how do u organize that?

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[HurricaneKatt]

Get a binder. It is SO much better! I found one this year that is GREAT so far - it has not two pockets, but FOUR! They also have the new 360 degree binders so u can fold the cover back so it's easier to take notes and stuff. I love them both and wish I coulc combine them. I don't think I'll ever use a notebook again.👍

 

[DrYoda]

I use a notebooke and either: A. Keep papers in a folder or B. Toss them.

 

[Keona]

I keep my notebooks in a 3 ring binder, and use the binder to organize the paper. This way my notes don't get all torn from flipping through them, I like the spiral notebooks for taking notes. With powerpoint slides though, I stick to just the 3 ring binder. You'll figure out what works best for you though.

 

[teddybear]

Up until now I've been strictly a spiral user but I think next term I'll go for the binder. Getting tired of the wire coming undone, disorganized notes, etc.

 

[SirGecko]

One note!

Pretty much all papers are circulated electronically and for the few that aren't there are scanners.

 

[lol.psych]

Spiral notebooks and folders!! Most of the required readings that I have for my classes are either in textbooks or in course-packets (consisting of articles), and the ones that aren't fit easily in a regular average folder. If your course readings or papers or articles aren't available online, I suggest getting a binder or an assortment of folders (maybe those tabbed folders?) - I suggest folders because binders tend to rip papers up like mad (at least for me). If the papers are online but you want to have them in hard-copy format also, I suggest printing on reinforced paper so the binder doesn't shred the margins to bits.

The wire coming undone in a spiral notebook is definitely one of the most annoying things - luckily I've found some notebooks with plastic rings instead of metal ones - they definitely stay intact better!

 

[copperfrog09]

It depends on the class... for science classes (mostly notes and less papers) I use s 5-subject spiral binder with pockets for papers, and for humanities classes (more papers and less note-taking) I use a binder with page dividers and loose-leaf paper.

 

[chris1264]

i use a spiral notebook, have a folder for each class and binders for labs

 

[Nobuo]

i use a spiral notebook for class, and for loose papers i keep them in a plastic zip folder

 

[footballrules]

Notebooks? They still make those? (sarcasm)

Just use a binder, put your papers and other stuff in it, carry it with you wherever you go, and enjoy the effiencey of a binder.

I use a binder for my work everyday.

 

[scrubsaresexy]

This probably seems a little intense, but I've found the having a 3 subject notebook for each class is great. I use the first section for lecture notes, the second is for homework, and third is for when I run out of paper in either section. Then I keep recent handouts in the pockets of the notebooks and leave older papers in a binder at home. It sounds kind of neurotic, but's nice because if I get behind in homework, it doesn't get broken up by lecture notes and I don't feel compelled to leave pages to finish the assignment.

But like most people said, you'll find your own way of doing it.

 

[Jolie South]

This probably seems a little intense, but I've found the having a 3 subject notebook for each class is great. I use the first section for lecture notes, the second is for homework, and third is for when I run out of paper in either section. Then I keep recent handouts in the pockets of the notebooks and leave older papers in a binder at home. It sounds kind of neurotic, but's nice because if I get behind in homework, it doesn't get broken up by lecture notes and I don't feel compelled to leave pages to finish the assignment.

But like most people said, you'll find your own way of doing it.

this is what i did in college. just make sure you buy a 3 subject notebook with pockets. some don't have them.

 

[TheBateman]

This probably seems a little intense, but I've found the having a 3 subject notebook for each class is great. I use the first section for lecture notes, the second is for homework, and third is for when I run out of paper in either section. Then I keep recent handouts in the pockets of the notebooks and leave older papers in a binder at home. It sounds kind of neurotic, but's nice because if I get behind in homework, it doesn't get broken up by lecture notes and I don't feel compelled to leave pages to finish the assignment.

But like most people said, you'll find your own way of doing it.

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I do the same except I get really angry when I waste an entire notebook on a class that doesn't require notes or has no homework...
Just remember to rip out the pages at the end of the year and to reuse paper!!!

 

[hants]

i go back and forth between microsoft onenote and loose leaf paper. if its a heavy writing/equation based class I use loose leaf, and for the other largely theory/reading classes i bust out the laptop. got to give props to microsoft on the onenote program, beats the hell out of any program that apple has to offer in regards to note taking programs.

 

[Destro96]

Taking out and rewriting class notes is HUGE to sucess.

I've seen it mentioned a LOT in "how to succeed in organic." You need to clean up all the quickly written crap from class.

 

[musicalmedicine]

I take the majority of my notes on my computer, for the rest I have always been a binder person; it has always seemed so much easier to me.