This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm a listen ad-warning, an education reporter at NPR.

Let's start first with an often controversial topic.

What do you think is better to take notes on laptop or paper?

We're at a study camp at North Carolina State University.

And the students here, they're getting ready for college.

They have a couple thoughts on this whole laptop versus paper thing.

So Jack, he says paper.

I think writing on paper is better because you're like writing in your brain too.

Good point.

Anastasia agrees.

I think paper is better because then it's easier to draw diagrams if you need to.

Another kid named Jack, he goes for the laptop.

I think the laptop is better because I can type faster than I can write anything.

This might seem like a pretty silly discussion.

But learning how to study, no one teaches you that stuff, and a lot depends on it.

It's a big problem for a lot of college-aged students who maybe either didn't need to develop good study habits

as when they were younger or who were finding that the demands are just now so high in college

that they don't really know how to keep up.

Natalie Murray oversees the study camp.

And all this stuff they're talking about, that's what we're going to tackle in this episode.

Practical ideas to help you navigate the academics of college.

And it will help you avoid totally stressing out and what to do when all that pressure feels crushing.

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