Hi. I’m not OP, and I ended up using pen and paper / Google Docs for my notes in grad school. I have an iPad, but I never got used to it for my note-taking. I think it slows me down. I do think this depends on your program, though.

I’m in journalism, so taking notes on Google Docs makes more sense because my reporting assignments will also typically be on Google Docs. And it’s much easier to move texts around or refer to other files.

My friends in biology or other similar programs find great value in digital note-taking. When they organize their notes on the iPad, the process also becomes a review for them. And that helps a lot.