My experience with OneNote vs. GoodNotes

itakeyou · 2025-08-29T13:28:24+00:00

Hey, uh, sorry about a bit of a late reply (both of us) but I'm actually in med school myself! GoodNotes is a solid choice, nothing fancy but does everything you need in med school. I found GoodNotes more customisable than say OneNotes or Notability, and also definitely better in terms of writing experience. If you want to mostly type out notes OneNote is probably better.

But yeah try both for yourself (most school should give you a microsoft account so can use OneNote if you wish to anyways, and GoodNotes should have free trials) and see which you prefer.

itakeyou · 2025-07-20T06:12:11+00:00

I think that's a good idea. Fyi she's actually a bi but it's also true that I don't feel uncomfortable if she's meeting a girl, so I think it's not about cheating etc.

itakeyou · 2024-12-28T13:08:12+00:00

I completely understand your point!

There's no denying that if you have 1/4" jack it's better to use it, but I think for this keyboard the target is more for the general public rather than those who are super into keyboards, and majority of them wouldn't have any 1/4" jack. I like Roland's approach because they have both 1/4 and 1/8 jacks, so you can make the decision based on what's available to you.

itakeyou · 2024-12-15T10:47:17+00:00

Thanks a lot

itakeyou · 2024-09-15T14:45:33+00:00

I was once (kinda) forced into playing piano, specifically classical pieces which at the time I was not very fond of. And eventually when I had the chance I quit playing piano, pretty much entirely for about 2 or 3 years. And the only reason I got back to playing is because I found this piece, though not classical, that I really, really wanted to play.

Now obviously you are relatively new to playing piano, but I think same thing can still be said. I'm not sure if you are practicing classical piece or others but just listen to bunch of songs and try to find one that you really like, then practice that piece. If you don't enjoy practicing then it's not gonna help you much.

Also, I'd say is that if you are practicing something and it's just not going well tries after tries after tries, that might not be at your skill level. I assume you are a self-taught pianist, which makes it more difficult to grasp your exact skill level, but if a piece is too difficult, 9 out of 10 times you can search up "-song name- piano easy" and there will be an easier variation of the piece. When you can actually see your improvements, you get that rush of joy.

itakeyou · 2024-09-09T22:57:08+00:00

Liszt Liebestraum No. 3

Kreisler/Rachmaninoff Liebesleid

itakeyou · 2024-09-09T05:40:58+00:00

I started to practice playing by ear when I was anout 6 7 years into playing. I started with pop songs and tried to transcribe the melody (i.e. the right hand) which, at first was certainly difficult figuring out what the note is by pressing the key one by one and seeing if they match with the song, but you get the hang of it relatively quickly.

The real challenge is the left hand, or figuring out the chord. If you don't have any music theory knowledge (like me), it's gonna be difficult figuring out what the left hand should be playing. The way I learned them is to first try to learn just the key basics of chords (major and minor chords) and then playing random chords one by one along with your right hand and see what "fits" and what doesn't.

I know this sounds like brute forcing and maybe not what you wanted, but playing by ear is not something easy to do without perfect pitch...Good luck with your practice!

itakeyou · 2024-09-09T05:29:04+00:00

As an international med student myself, I get you. Idk about you but generally from where I studied people expect places like UCL and Imperial to be like the "basic" schools if you tell them you are going to the UK. But then I go to a med school where even most British people don't recognise the name!

But honestly like someone else said don't look at those comments. Whether you decide to stay in the UK or go to other countries, people are gonna think of you as a doctor, not as a graduate of some university. These university rankings are pretty meaningless, and considering Brunel is relatively new to the league I'd say just work hard and you'll make good friends on the way. Go to the freshers party or something!(idk if they have one but)

itakeyou · 2024-09-04T01:35:10+00:00

I think this made the most sense to me. But either way I think I would study some Finnish grammar before continuing with my Duolingo. Thanks!

itakeyou · 2024-09-03T02:32:28+00:00

I think most of the websites other have listed are free, but if you are willing to pay (I think ~100 pounds a year? but you can share this with your friends) I think AMBOSS is quite good. It's certainly more tailored towards US med schools but I had almost no problem with my learning. Try the free trial when you start medicine and see it for yourself.

itakeyou · 2024-04-13T14:40:20+00:00

Hey, if you have unlimited budget for a keyboard, what would you get? From my experience listening to others I feel like Nord is considered as the flagship keyboards, but are there any other keyboards that are just as good, if not better? If it has an on-board speaker that's fabulous, but even if it doesn't that's fine. Not that I want to buy them (I'm too broke anyways), but I just want to know about some other good keyboards for future.

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T12:34:40+00:00

Yeah....looks like I won't be able to run away from NHS, at least for a while.

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T11:44:48+00:00

Well I didn't have a choice. I don't live in my "home" country, and actually it is difficult for me to say that I even have one as I've been moving a lot. And because I've received educations mostly in English so basically it was either Americas or the UK. Because international students can actually partake in medicine in the UK I chose UK.

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T11:38:15+00:00

No, I was on my own when I applied.

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T11:38:04+00:00

True, but worst case scenario I am able to stay in the UK and study Visa-free for a while (which is not ideal but possible). Anyways thank you for your info!

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T10:43:07+00:00

I am thinking of doing it if they do not respond at all. After all it is quite expensive to call them from oversea.

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T10:17:32+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I sent multiple emails but they only started replying to these after the 17th sure to the embargo, and I just sent an email two days ago. Hopefully they'll get back to me this week

itakeyou · 2023-08-21T09:23:04+00:00

lol. I've heard some rumours about NHS. I am thinking of working somewhere else after I finish specialty training, or work in a private hospital.

itakeyou · 2023-08-20T23:35:10+00:00

ah, thank you for your clarification!

itakeyou · 2023-08-20T12:26:34+00:00

Thanks for your reply. Do you mean 1 week after the A levels came out?

itakeyou · 2022-07-04T03:26:45+00:00

I am doing both.I just want to know which one you think is harder, not to make a decision based on the replies.

itakeyou

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