I absolutely love everything about this year’s EC Academic Planners! I ordered mine from a university so my dates are structured & I have the tabs. But the one on the EC website is actually much more customizable! Which I like so you don’t have to waste months that you’re not in school. For example, my courses don’t start until the last week of August which can be seen in the September view so I don’t even need to use the August tab. With the customizable one from EC’s website you can use it just when in your school so you can actually use the planner longer.

How I set up my Academic Planner (by section):
Projects & Exams There are 12 dedicated pages for projects and exams to track project due dates, assignments and components needed to complete them. In my planner, each page is a month & the projects/exams on the page will be determined by the DUE date.
Monthly View I use the calendar to mark due dates for EVERYTHING on my syllabus: exams, tests, projects, & assignments.
Weekly View I love the to do lists on the side & how it is more customizable than the previous academic planner! The biggest essential for my academic planner is the Customizable Event Stickers from EC that I use to put the course labels on. For this planner, I making every 2 rows for a specific course (label with the course sticker).
Notes Similar to the Deluxe Monthly Planner, the Academic Planner has 4 note pages at the end of each month. I am going to use each page for a class to track assignments, due dates, & important information.

One thing to note is that there isn’t extra note pages or a pocket in the back of the academic planner like the LifePlanners have. So I did add a Note Pad with the CoilClip Connectors and a Large Clear Sticky Corner Pocket to the back of my planner as well as a Pen Holder for when I take my planner with me. Another thing to note is that I order 1-2 pages of Customizable Event Stickers for EACH class so I have enough though out the semester.