While I don't personally own one, we have one here at the office. It is great for our business, as I work in special event management, so we regularly have site visits with clients and being able to show them pictures of the different spaces with different set ups is great. It is also great when I work at different sites, as I am able to load all of the event information (event sheets, diagrams, etc) and have it at my fingertips.
I definitely want one for myself, as I would use it mostly in the same way. I love that it's basically a computer that is ultra portable. I think it would depend on your anticipated use as to whether or not you would 'love' it as well. I personally would not want to use it for reading e-books because I find the screen has more glare than the Nook/Kindle.
Apple Education pricing is not good on the IPad, so if you want a deal, you'd probably have to get a refurbished or a used one. I would stay away from Craigslist, as I know several people who have bought one that didn't work correctly. Since you're in college, you can probably find someone on campus or through a friend that is selling one - then you can maybe know a little more about it and make sure it's worth whatever amount of money you want to spend.