You usually don't need to carry textbooks to class. Bring a clipboard and some loose-leaf paper, and any writing instruments you need. Bring your laptop if you prefer typing.

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UWO 2012 - Biological & Medical Science
UWO > Every other school

You can get a locker, but most people just leave their text books at home. You will never need them for class.

Binders are also usually too large for the little 'desks' that you get in big lecture halls. A clipboard with some looseleaf or a notebook will be just fine.

I know at least McGill has lockers, though I can't answer for all universities.
I personally haven't used binders since high school, though a 1/2" or a folder can be helpful for keeping all your subject matter in when you don't need it.
Last year I kept all my notes for all my subjects in a duotang and brought it with me to all classes, though I guess some people find looseleaf too, well, loose.

All schools will have lockers.

I have never used a binder yet in uni and I don't think I will, they're just too big and sometimes I like to bring all my notes to school, so I keep them in a small notebook.

I've been told they did by my tour guide when I went to open house. And I thought they ought to, though I'll admit I haven't seen them yet.

I don't like using notebooks because if I don't have enough room I have to get another one and if it's not filled up I dislike wasting pages. When I do, though, I prefer smaller books as my writing is miniscule and I don't tend to use a lot of pages.
Rewriting and condensing your notes is a good idea. When studying, I like to type things up into notepad and then as a I finish a subject, I erase it so it gives me a feel of how much progress I've made.

Go to the SF caf - you know the place where they have two vending machines? theres a office door there, go inside and ask for them to sign you up, its around 50 bucks (but that depends on the size AND location of your locker). They have lockers in 4 locations, and the two that i know of are - GB basement, and Mechanical building (or is it minreal :S )... hope that helped.

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University of Toronto Electrical Engineering 1T1 (2011)
October 12th 2009.

$50 per semester would be on the high end of locker fees, although it would vary by school and you usually will have to pay. $15-20 per semester with a discount if you pay for both at the same time is more in line with my experience.

You will rarely need your books in class. On the average, if you're in sciences or engineering at least, your books will be a fair bit bigger than your high school texts, although there will likely be some overlap. The only classes I've ever had to bring texts to on a regular basis, which I think were my Spanish grammar class and the first year sociology course I took, had books that were fairly small. Also for labs there can be lab manual type books that you need; usually these are more like a notebook in terms of size. You will not ever have to bring your calculus, physics, and chemistry text books with you to class at the same time, and trying to do so would be awfully heavy. You may want to bring one or two of them to do work from between class, but there's likely a lot you can do without the textbooks if you do a tiny amount of work in advance (copying down assignment questions, for example).


My general strategy is to just bring a clipboard and a few sheets of paper around to the first couple classes and figure out what kind of supplies I want. I used binders in first year but haven't since.

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FAQ's:
1. Will I get in? See: electronicinfo.ca for Ontario schools. If you have a couple percent above the marks there and it's not looking at supplementary, the answer is almost certainly yes.
2. Anything else: Google it before asking.

i'm going into engineering this fall and i'm definitely getting one.
um as long as you don't do gaming, i'm sure that a normal one with a decent graphics card and memory and such will be fine.
from what i've heard, you probably won't be taking notes in class on ur laptop, but you'll be doing some designing and computer programming and stuff on a computer, and having ur own, instead of going to the library, and being able to print it at ur whim would definitely be an asset, especially if all the computers int eh library are being used and u have to hand in ur assignment in 10 minutes.

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Queen's Engineering 2012
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"....Did you get that's King Lear?"

Laptops are good for essays, boring classes, or classes without equations/figures/diagrams/whatnot and lots of notes.
Though tablets are always nice.
For math classes or the like, take pencil and paper.
Mostly, paper will probably serve better, though people have different preferences.

Oh yeah taking notes for a 3 hour lecture would SUCK. I have never had one so I didn't even think of that.

And I'm excited to go school supply shopping. I actually enjoy it so much.