I use an ipad for work constantly, I mix musicals as my day job and the ipad has replaced my paper script. After a couple of hundred shows it has never let me down once.
I have never used the camera on the ipad like other users are saying, I would be perfectly happy to not have one
The apple pencil is a dream to work with in a fast paced rehearsal
Looks like the iPad Pro is VERY near the perfect college kid device for anybody other than engineering majors (or any other compute-heavy field)
The apple pencil is STILL hailed as the best of its breed, so taking notes hand written for things such as law or math classes where there are lots of special symbols and notations will be a treat in tablet mode, and for that 8AM lit class you got fucked taking the keyboard (which i pray is the same magic keyboard on the new air/16" pro) should prove great for writing that research paper due to the much improved maturity of Office 365 on iOS and multi-app support
Honestly, if the trackpad doesnt suck and the gestures include 3 finger swipe to swap between apps... i might buy one.