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How do you file your school/college/university notes?

laroux555

cool.
i know this sounds silly, but i feel that with a folder for each A level, that will just make me stressed and realise how much work we have.
however if i just put important notes for all subjects in one folder, (separated of course) than i dont get stressed.
stupid i know! i want to get organsised like you norfolkdam lol

Well it depends what you write on your notes, whether its great details or just the bare basics for understanding. I just file my notes with a folder for each subject and keep any important handouts inside. When i revise i normally re-write some of my notes to make them clearer and neater also cut down on the detail.

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moneyballs2

14

The tesco plastic wallets are best, the extra strong ones, they don't tear or crease because the plastic is thicker and of better quality. The others you can buy can get scruffy :smile:

Reply 22

#Limabean1

10

i vaguely put them in to order of subject. that's about it though.

Reply 23

tea_cakes

10

I had one big folder that I kept at home and would keep my paper notes there separated with dividers. Anything I needed to take back into College I'd put into smaller folders for each subject or they would be on my laptop.

I always used to hole punch the paper - plastic wallets are my pet hate.

Reply 24

Sports Racer

14

All notes, marked work, handouts, etc. go into a spiral-bound lined A4 pad.

No plastic wallets, no chunky folders, no broken rings. Just one solid chunk of paper held together solely by faith that I won't drop it.

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a_t

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laroux555

so you take your mac into lessons?!
what if ur mac gets stolen lol

Half the people in our lectures and tutorials bring their laptops, bit different at uni I wouldn't take it to school

Reply 26

cowsgoquack

16

in a ring binder until exams then in the (recycle) BIN

Reply 27

laroux555

OP

is £11 for 5 small ring binders expensive or a good deal?

Reply 28

cpchem

14

A stack of packed lever-arch files for my handwritten notes, several box files for handouts, a few more for tutorial work, a box full of index cards for organic reactions, a pile of lab books...

Reply 29

bigman_ben

11

At college I had a folder per subject where it was supposed to be new work at the back but it all went to pot when I stuffed it in anywhere in a rush to get out the room and go home, but the idea was there, just badly executed.

Reply 30

yushuak

bigman_ben

At college I had a folder per subject where it was supposed to be new work at the back but it all went to pot when I stuffed it in anywhere in a rush to get out the room and go home, but the idea was there, just badly executed.

Ditto. Only i do with a single (too small) folder.
Im currently in the process of typing the past years notes to put in my big brand new red and shiny lever arch file. You should see the state of my dining room table; and the look on my mothers face when she saw it all. Epic.

Reply 31

laroux555

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yushuak

Ditto. Only i do with a single (too small) folder.
Im currently in the process of typing the past years notes to put in my big brand new red and shiny lever arch file. You should see the state of my dining room table; and the look on my mothers face when she saw it all. Epic.

well then say to her: at least i'm not some chav scum. lol

Reply 32

Method

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A lever-arch files for each semester (divided by subject name, further divided by lecturer), put my handouts in plastic wallets for each subject. I usually just take my notepad in, then when I come home, just file it away.

Reply 33

laroux555

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Method

A lever-arch files for each semester (divided by subject name, further divided by lecturer), put my handouts in plastic wallets for each subject. I usually just take my notepad in, then when I come home, just file it away.

i just feel that filing away pieces of paper leaves them "unprotected" like i need to plastic wallet each one. of course this is ridiculously tedious.
and yes, i do have OCD :smile:

Reply 34

Method

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laroux555

i just feel that filing away pieces of paper leaves them "unprotected" like i need to plastic wallet each one. of course this is ridiculously tedious.
and yes, i do have OCD :smile:

you serious? sorry i'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or serious lol. if so very tedious! if i had to do that i'd have no time to get anywork done and filing would become my life :biggrin:

plus if you plastic wallet each piece your folder would be full in no time :rolleyes:

Reply 35

Ellafabulous

I use ring binders for handouts & for notes i've made i use microsoft office's ONE NOTE....its amazing....

Reply 36

laroux555

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what is this ONE NOTE? link?

Reply 37

LiberiFatali

14

File...? I have a lot of different binders etc, but in the end I gave up and brought stacks of cheap bound notebooks. Everything is so neat now :smile:

Reply 38

Mr Nonsense

13

it's more effort to put notes in / out of plastic wallets than to hole-punch a big pile of papers.

I have a big lever arch file for each module and small folders which i take to school. And then every week i transfer between the two what i no longer need at school. Works well for me!

Reply 39

SoapyDish

14

Ellafabulous

I use ring binders for handouts & for notes i've made i use microsoft office's ONE NOTE....its amazing....

I used OneNote for revision, worked quite well because you can move stuff around easier than in Word, so you can put stuff that goes together, together.

For Maths I have an exercise book, we don't get handouts, I make notes in the book.
For Chemistry and Biology we get a pack of activity sheets that I put in a ringbinder, then slot my notes in where they're relevant. E.g. 8 sides of A4 notes on arenes slots in next to "Investigating the reactions of benzene". That way, the theory is right next to the application so you know where to find it all.
I hole punch, but I have a plastic wallet at the front, where I shove un-hole-punched sheets until it gets too full and I sort them out :smile:

How do you file your school/college/university notes?

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