I am taking my placement test on June 20th. On that day I am also enrolling with the school and meeting with the financial person. I am hoping to start my MA classes at the end of August. My question is, what should I have to start school? I've been thinking about taking my laptop to write notes (I type faster than I write and I'm already a medical transcriptionist so I can type really fast when I'm typing something someone is saying). Is this a good idea or not? Do people still do this?
I guess on June 20th I will hopefully find out what books I will need, but what else should I get? What is the best way to have my bag organized? Anyone have any tips on this sort of stuff? I know it seems like a simple thing I should be able to figure out on my own, but I have been in school for over 10 years.

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Typing your notes into a laptop might be a good idea, however, this may be something you'd first check with with your instructors. The clicking of keys might be deedmed disrespectful and disrupting during a lecture.

Also, it may be great to have your notes right on your laptop, but trust me, nothing beats hand-written notes with images and lines, ect. that you copy from the teacher's notes. Well orgainized in separate binders beats digital format on a screen any time when it comes to studying for exams.

However, running a mini-tape recorder during class worked PERFECTLY to record and review lessons, if you want to (insist on) going high-tech.

Separate office binders, or one large ring-book binder with dividers for different modules served me well. Also, pencils, pencil sharpener, markers, highlighters, a ruler, a stethoscope, bandage scissors, a lab coat, and some scrub tops for the clinical lab got me through all classes.

Oh... besides the laptop being to noisy, remember: these things can also get dropped, or worse... stolen!

Danni

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