Is it worth it getting a laptop for collage?

It will totally benefit you in the long run to have a laptop for college. Having  a laptop takes the stress out of having to go to a friends house to use their computer to complete assignments.  This also allows you a little flexibility being able to enjoy friends and family not wasting your time wondering how you are going to get the work done. When I was in College my laptop was my life. I completed 90% of my studies on-line. Good Luck!!!

This is a simple one.

The answer is yes. It will allow you to do more work whenever the opportunity presents itself and not having to be totally dependent on the tech center or library to get your work done.

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For me, the answer is absolutely yes. But it really depends on a few factors you'll have to determine for yourself.

Here are a few to consider.

1. You will be less efficient without a personal laptop. Walking to and from a computer lab, checking out a laptop and returning it, finding a laptop with the specific software you need all take time, and during college, your time is incredible valuable. With your own laptop, you could be back in your dorm studying while eating lunch and working with classmates. And this time you spend has a value. Let's say your time is worth $10/hour. If you're spending an hour a day for a 100 day semester, then that's $1000 you've spent for your time. Multiply this by 2 semester over 4 years, and now you're looking at $8000 on your time alone. This is of course a super rough estimate, so I suggest you perform a more accurate estimate on your own, but when you do this, I do think you'll find that it's worth it, even for a low value of your time.
2. Almost all of your classmates will have a personal laptop, and by not having one, you may not be able to study with them in-person unless you are able to borrow a laptop from your school and/or convince them to meet you wherever you have access to a computer. Maybe you don't need to study with classmates, but most people benefit from it. If you can't study with classmates, you will need to determine how much this will cost you.
3. You would need to look into if you are able to borrow a laptop from your school's IT / library, and what the restrictions are. For example, if you're able to borrow a laptop for days, continually checkout the laptop for the entire semester, and take it to your dorm or anywhere else, then your inconvenience would be minimal. If this is not the case, then you will need to account for how much time you will be spending checking out the laptop when you need it.
4. Not having your own laptop puts you at risk and decreases your security of always being able to complete an assignment when you need to. You will likely forget to do an assignment until the last minute during your schooling (or maybe you're a super human and will not!) If this happens with a personal laptop, you can whip it out and start working right away from your dorm or from class. Without one, you would need to run and get access / checkout a school computer or borrow a friend's, which may not even be possible depending on the assignment (i.e. specific software requirements / IT is closed). It's fairly safe to say that you will feel more secure having your own laptop, but only you can determine how much this is worth to you.