What Thinkpad should I get? pls help there's too many options

Hi everyone, I'm a college student studying GIS and I am looking at getting my first Thinkpad. I am going to be running Windows 11 on it due to GIS software that I have to use for my classes only being on Windows. I have a budget of about $500 usd with my requirements being somewhat new (within the past 4 or so years) and 32 gb ram. Also something that is somewhat portable as I like to go to different places around town to get schoolwork done. I appreciate any and all input that I get thanks.