I had never heard of this before, but it’s pretty engrossing.  I give you, a new note-taking method (paper template):

A special way of taking notes that forces you to consider both details and the main points in a lecture, the Cornell note-taking system seems like a perfect thing to be learning about just before school starts.

Essentially, you write the main points to the left in the smaller area, and the detailed, stream-of-conciousness notes in the larger area to the left.  It forces you to pick out the key takeaways even during the note-taking process.

There’s even a company, cornellstylenotes.com, that sells little notebooks for $8.00 shipped! I was expecting far more, so it’s pretty sweet.

You can also download templates for the style here.

(via HackCollege)