u/tookiostars

I'm an incoming freshman but due to being a little late to buy one, I will not have a laptop until one week after the quarter begins. I do have a pc at my house and was planning on using that in the meantime for any homework that gets assigned, so I'm mainly wondering about actually having one in class.

I'm a bio major so I will have a bio & chem lecture + lab, the freshman chicago class, and a philosophy lecture throughout that first week. Is there any reason to be worried about needing a laptop on hand in class or will just notebooks and my phone work for now?

I signed up to recieve the UPass and was approved, but am wondering how I will get it before immersion week for the Chicago class? All the resources online state that pick up is at the very start of fall quarter, but I was told via email by my professor for immersion week to have the UPass due to taking public transit.

Is there something I am missing for when to pick up the passes for immersion week, or do we need to pay for any public transit ourselves and the professor is unaware of that? I apologize if this is stated somewhere, I tried looking around online on the website and didnt see anything about it, so thank you for any responses I recieve.