How I use my iPad at UChicago✨ | Does it replace my laptop for college?

What’s up tanners!

In this video I go over how I take notes using my iPad at UChicago: I cover anywhere from the basic functions to my favourite things within GoodNotes5, why I don’t think Things3 is a worthy purchase and who exactly I would recommend to use Notability (and for what reason)! I think that an iPad is a very good choice for a non-computer science or non-Stats major, and basically replaces my laptop for everyday usage. I can live without my laptop for weeks (given I don’t have R Studio or Stata homework), but I need my iPad everyday for basic things. Essentially, it has become part of my routine.

I also want this video to be a reminder to everyone who might feel daunted about taking notes on an iPad because they “won’t look pretty” — you DO NOT NEED to take beautiful or aesthetic notes. Those don’t work for everyone!

Some people feel more accomplished and motivated to study with pretty notes, but I for example do not. In fact, notes that are too beautiful actually make me retain knowledge slower because my brain isn’t trying to absorb and understand the whole page at once, but rather tries to preserve its beauty (I can talk a bit more about this but it’s an actual learning trick, such as bad handwriting keeping focus for longer and using a maximum of 3 colours to hold attention).

Overall, I hope this was a useful guide into why an iPad is a good choice, and let me know any questions you might have~


🍵THINGS I MENTIONED:
iPad 3rd generation (256GB): https://amzn.to/2zRBEoh
iPad pencil (2nd gen): https://amzn.to/2XwKq3Q
Logitech keyboard (cheaper & better than the Apple one!!): https://amzn.to/379PH4M


☀️ T I M E S T A M P S ☀️
My desk set-up for school 0:36
Things3 is NOT worth the money 1:00
How I take notes using GoodNotes 1:14
How I complete problem sets 3:18
Why I don’t use Notability 5:40
My recommendations for iPad in college 6:49
Does it actually replace my laptop? 7:50


🌱 Music I used
June Blues - Eric Reprid   / june-blues  


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Chloe Tan
19 years old
Singapore-Indonesian, grew up in Shanghai
Currently at the University of Chicago
Major: Economics, Minor in Data Science
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