I purchased this bag to use for school and it looks like it will be perfect. I have the maxpedition jumbo pack and love it, I use that as my murse. The one thing I don't like about this bag, and that keeps it from getting 5 stars, is no handle! My jumbo has a nice sewn in handle that I use often, but for some reason they decided to make this bag handle-less. I don't understand why they did this, as a handle is very useful. Anyway this bag is large enough for textbooks and notebooks, laptops and such. I'll post an update as I use it further.