xparaparafreakx said:
I thought people had back up computers for just incase. That why I am bring the TiBook with me.
I got a Bluetooth Wacom Tablet, iPod Shuffle 512mb, office 04, iworks 06 and the DVI to RCA with Y cable. Looks like I got most things covered.
As for the case thing, I might get a sleve for it and put it in a regular bag. Laptop bags to me are dead giveaways to people to jack my books.
Did you guys have time in college to watch T.V. because I might want to get an EyeTv 500.
Don't need 2 computers, it's just more stuff to worry about. Get a good sleeve - one with a bit of impact protection if you're going to be carrying it in a regular bag, there are laptop bags that look like ordinary backpacks, STM make some great kit, have a look at their website.
Welcome to the wonderful world of Chemistry, make sure you get everything done on time so you don't end up like me, taking 5 years to get a 3 year degree finished and hating the whole idea of Uni by the end of it. Stay motivated and you'll have a ball. Get your eyes tested because you'll probably be sitting in front of screens reading pdfs of umpteen thousand scientific journals and you do not want to be getting headaches from that.
Get a good steel ruler, various coloured pens and really pay attention to learning all the little ins and outs of Excel - you'll spend so much time in there it's not funny. Plotting out electron density and probability when you're doing quantum chem is really going to test your excel abilities.
Lab coat + safety glasses. Wear them at all times in the lab. AT ALL TIMES. I cannot emphasise just how important they are, if you wear glasses, get the safety glasses that fit over the top of them. They've saved my skin on so many occasions, not to mention my face, eyes, mouth, extra special places etc...
Good, comfortable, work-place approved shoes. You want ones that you can stand for hours in but won't slip over on the slightest trace of liquid on the lab floor - you do not want to be slipping over whilst carrying a tray of nitric acid.
Plenty of small (64 page) books, that way you can keep notes from each little module more or less organised - yes, you will be handwriting notes, handwrite them in class then type them up into legible print outs when you get back, that way not only have you done the first stage of repetition but it gets them out of the way. You can keep up easier if you handwrite your notes and your exams won't be on a computer so your handwriting needs to be kept in a legible form.
Get to know your peer-reviewed scientific journals, if they aren't reviewed by respected members of the scientific community, they're worth diddly squat as references for your lab reports. Stick with the big ones - the ones that have about 100 years or so of history behind them.
Condemning may be what your mother would be doing if she knew what you were up to!