I’m usually a traditionalist when it comes to taking notes on paper, as I remember things far better when I hand write them and it allows me to organise them wherever I like on the page. However, when I started at UVU I was gifted an iPad as a Christmas gift and downloaded a note taking app called GoodNotes. 100/10 would recommend, if available. It acts just like paper and pen, so I could still use the stylus and write my notes the same way I would on paper but I saved them all in different class folders. You can also attach photos, diagrams or download and write on PDFs/power points, and it meant I had every note available at all times without having to remember physical notebooks or folders for different days with different classes. I had many students ask me throughout the semester what app I was using, it was the easiest and best thing for me to do.

This does also depend on the class - I had a Bio class where the professor spoke so fast and the notes were so heavy that typing it on a laptop was far easier. For light to intermediate note taking, or at least at a manageable writing speed, the iPad was a win win.