The nice thing about the consumer laptop industry right now is that margins are so thin, you're getting what you pay for.
So...
I think your looking for a Core i5 laptop, and the minimum specs I would look for would be 4G of RAM, a 300G Hard Drive, and a video card like the NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M.
Many of these options are a function of yor budget. You'll find cheaper and more expense machines that have the Core i5 CPU in them.
I think the video card is the most sensitive item. Anything will be fine for writing papers, but modern games may not run too well if you don't choose a better card, and laptop video cards aren't that great to begin with.
I'd also recommend you get an external hard drive to backup your school work on.
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