Good self-control is associated with better academic performance and predicts final grades better than intelligence. Laptop use in university classrooms may distract students and has led to lower test scores when students attempt to multitask. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that students who have low self-control are more likely to use their laptop for non-academic activities (email, social media, surfing) during class than students with high trait self control, and laptop use negatively impacts the grades of students with low self-control. Participants completed survey measures of trait self-control and reported their laptop use during class and their grades for each class. Contrary to our predictions, students with low self-control performed better in cases that don’t allow laptops. For people with low self-control, average exam scores in classes that allow laptops are significantly higher than classes that do not allow laptops. These results indicate that it may actually be beneficial for students with low self-control to be allowed to use their laptops during lecture. In future we are planning to test if students who are low in self-control use their laptops during class differently than students with high self-control. Understanding the relationship between laptop use and self-control may inform instructors’ technology policy choices.