It housed my loose leaf text book, notes, flashcards, handouts, notebook paper, and the built in pencil pouch was perfect for my pens, highlighter and post-its

It holds a few notebooks and a lot of loose leaf paper.

I bought the second because I have two loose leaf books this fall and needed a second

This holds a ton of stuff, including all my spiral bound notebooks, loose leaf paper, files for pages given out by profs without holes for binder rings, a bunch of colored pens/pencils and a decent sized textbook