 Greetings and salutations friends. My name is Nick Che. If you're new to the channel welcome I make videos about college fashion lifestyle photography and film make sure to hit the subscribe button if you're any of that sounds interesting But today we're talking about the essential apps and software that every college kid should have downloaded now These are apps that I use on a day-to-day basis and honestly saved me so much time whether it's productivity social media Or just making my life easier in general to be honest But before this video begins make sure to follow me on Instagram guys I've been posting a ton of content over there my handle is at Nicholas Che and I post a bunch of stories So make sure to check me out now number one the app that I use every single day And I absolutely adore and has become a part of my lifestyle and my routine is Spotify Spotify has absolutely killed the game over the past few years being able to stream any type of song you want curate Playlists listen to what your friends are listening to and honestly as a college student music is something I'm listening to every single day Now as you guys can see it's on my computer. It's on my phone It's on my tablet so it's basically on every single device I use because the coolest thing with Spotify is their Spotify connect now basically what Spotify connect is able to do is Let's say I'm listening to a song on my phone. I get to my dorm room I'm able to switch the device to play for my Echo Dot and then it's playing in my speakers Let's say the music's too loud and I need to switch over to my computer All I have to do is switch it to my MacBook Pro and it's playing from those speakers. Let's say I need to go out again I can put it on my AirPods so basically what I'm saying is Spotify is a lifesaver now I did try out Apple music for a few weeks and to be honest I'm not the biggest fan although it does tie in very well into the Apple ecosystem and I have all Apple products You know, it's just not as intuitive as Spotify is and the ability to not be able to listen to what your friends are listening to Or have the curated playlist at the end of the year is something that I really enjoy about Spotify Anyways, if you are interested in what I'm listening to I will have my own Spotify profile linked down below So, you know follow me on there and you can see what I'm listening to yes It's probably mostly Drake number two is the Google suite Google suite has absolutely changed my life as a college student because it is so Intuitive it is so easy to use and just about every college kid uses it Gmail obviously now I use the Gmail app on my phone and on my browser more so than any native mail app Just because I think it's a lot more intuitive a lot easier to use and they have a lot of cool features like auto-completed suggestions Like it will analyze the text of the email and already give you automated responses So you just click on it and it automatically send that now that is a huge game-changer Also, another huge thing is like when I'm typing it will automatically kind of predict what I have in mind And I can just press tab and it'll automatically skip to that so Gmail is a huge thing Google Drive obviously as a Princeton student we have unlimited drive storage meaning that's where I upload a bunch of my backup files Client work I can throw up on there Now if I need to share a document with my study group or we're working on a project or something Throwing it on a Google Doc and being able to type simultaneously and see what edits people have been making is an essential for a college Kid now a lot of people do use Google Calendar as their day-to-day driver to plan out their courses plan out You know other activities and stuff personally I'm a bigger fan of Apple calendars just because it does integrate a lot better with my ecosystem So I'm able to get notifications on my phone my watch my tablet and my computer all at the same time So to be honest, I'm a bigger fan of Apple calendars, but that is totally up to your preference Google Photos is an absolute lifesaver especially as a photographer more so just as a student in general It's able to back up an archive just about all your photos and videos that on your phone Automatically through the cloud and it's seamless it works perfectly. I have no complaints about Google Photos So to be honest if you haven't already I highly recommend setting up your Google photos on your phone because there have been several instances Where I've got a new phone and the iCloud didn't seem properly So I lost a ton of photos, but I went back in my Google photos and I was able to find a lot of them So number three as far as how to take notes as a college student. I have a couple different options Obviously the Microsoft suite is a very important thing and most colleges will have some kind of discount or you can get it For free through your university email So definitely look into that be honest I probably use Microsoft Word to type out most of my essays just because I like the format of that better than Google Docs PowerPoint to be honest. I don't use that a ton Excel I'm trying to get more into it But the one that I do you kind of use on a daily basis is their Microsoft one note which is their note-taking system So I'm able to take notes on my iPad and then have that seamlessly sync with my computer another great option It's obviously notability now I use notability 80% of the time for most of my handwritten stuff just because I love writing with an Apple pencil It has so much flexibility as a note-taking system that to be honest I might prefer notability more so than one note now My note-taking strategies is a completely new video So make sure to leave a comment down below if that's something you're interested in moving on number four is PDF element now They are the sponsor of today's video and honestly They are a game changer for any type of college student because you're able to work with PDFs so easily in college Most professors will upload their notes syllabus Presentations in PDF format and if you don't know anything about PDF It's hard to basically open that up and edit it in the native app that it was used But what PDF element does is it helps you edit annotate and convert any type of PDF into anything you needed to now The way I use PDF element is to annotate a bunch of my syllabus so I can highlight when certain projects or papers are due If I need to sign any kind of document waiver or release I'm able to easily integrate my signature into it and one of the coolest features is let's say you have a 10 page Presentation but you only need slide two and eight of that presentation You're able to mix and match and combine them and convert them into a single PDF and that's honestly a lifesaver You're also able to edit text and images that are natively in that PDF Which is kind of hard to do actually so this is one of the first softwares that I've seen able to do it really well and effectively And that's why I recommend it to you guys because I genuinely think that PDF element can save you a bunch of time number five as a photographer and filmmaker obviously something I use on Literally a day-to-day basis is the Adobe Creative Cloud now I have the student bundle meeting I pay $20 monthly But for the apps that I'm getting such as Photoshop Lightroom Adobe Premiere Pro after effects illustrator in design Like these are apps that I genuinely need on a day-to-day basis to do my job as a freelance photographer and filmmakers So only paying $20 a month for all that is honestly a steal now Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone number one I do recommend reaching out to your school and seeing if they have that software available or on some computers They will have it already downloaded in specific media editing room and like I said Adobe Creative Cloud is something I use on a day-to-day basis for me to do my work So this isn't for everyone But if you are looking to get more into the creative space and I highly recommend checking it out number six This is a new software that I've kind of been testing out and I'm still trying to see if it's going to be something I'm going to be integrating into my daily workflow But it is an app called my homework and I just downloaded it on my Mac But basically what it does is you add all your courses and then it's just a very efficient and organized way to add all the Simons deadlines term papers anything that's going to be do will have it marked out on a calendar So it's just really efficient really organized and it looks really neat I've also seen you can integrate it with your mobile app So I'll test it out a little bit more and get back to you on that But if you don't have a homework planner or some kind of journal where you write down your to-do list Then you know, this is a great option as well number seven This is a absolutely must-have for college kids for those nights where you don't want to go out You just want to relax and that is Netflix There are literally dozens of amazing shows and movies on Netflix Especially their Netflix originals have been killing the game lately like the fire festival of documentary the Ted Bundy tapes Band or snatch bird box like all those movies were such great incredible films So having a Netflix subscription is honestly a life-saver to be honest If you want to split with your friends in college You could pay for a monthly family subscription and split it between four people and that could save you a ton of money So look into that as well now finally number eight are news outlets now as a college student It does get easy to get caught up in your own bubble and not really know what's happening on in the world So being caught up on your news and you know seeing what's happening in the current events is really important skill And a great conversation starter as well like people will be very impressed If you know what's happening with the refugee crisis in Syria or you know What's happening with the wall things like that are obviously very important to know But can also tie very much into your academic studies as well seeing how the economy is operating seeing how you know Finance or the political state is going to affect certain states like that's you know pretty relevant and can be interesting So you know take the time to look into news outlets and once again Like I know that Princeton specifically has subscriptions with the New York Times the economists a bunch of different news outlets So we have free subscriptions with our Princeton emails So look into what your school has to offer and take advantage of that finally with a lot of these softwares I know that some of them do offer student discounts Spotify has a account for students where you can get hulu with that So that is honestly a great deal like Adobe Creative Cloud like I mentioned you can get a student discount plan So obviously these big brands know that college kids can't pay too much So they try and do their best to incentivize you guys to you know purchase their software now once again Thank you to the sponsor of this video PDF element Like I said, this is honestly a lifesaver as a college student being able to edit annotate and convert PDFs Is a huge thing that you're going to be needing any time throughout your four years So make sure to hit that link in my description you guys won't regret it Anyways that about wraps it up make sure to leave a comment down below of which app you guys enjoy the most and as always don't stress finesse