I wish I had this when I was in college. I definately would have taken on a harder major than the one I picked - communications. I've only done 4 mind maps so far and they really help with remembering what you have to remember. I thought it was funny how in the manual there is both a mind map and an outline of the course. I was doing both and they did both. I'm going to try a color coded mind map ( or #'d and lettered ) linked to more indepth outlines. Sometimes I want to throw one line description on the mind map but it makes it too cluttered.