<story><title>The Cornell Note-taking System (2001)</title><url>http://lsc.cornell.edu/notes.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nvarsj</author><text>I tried the cornell system when I started back at school (OMSCS). I didn&amp;#x27;t really like it. It felt overly tedious to me. I think it&amp;#x27;s probably an okay starting point if you have no idea how to learn things. At some point you&amp;#x27;ll figure out your own personalized way of learning and retaining information - at that point you&amp;#x27;ll become a lot more productive than following some formula.&lt;p&gt;My approach is:&lt;p&gt;* Take lecture notes during the lecture, pausing the lecture to really understand everything (active listening).  I never re-watch a lecture (takes too long), so I make sure the lecture notes have all info needed to review for an exam.&lt;p&gt;* Before an exam review all lecture notes.&lt;p&gt;That is about all I need to ace pretty much any exam that is about information retention.&lt;p&gt;If the exam requires real understanding and thought (algorithms, math), then the best way to prep is doing lots of practice. No note-taking system is going to help you there, it will only waste your time.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Cornell Note-taking System (2001)</title><url>http://lsc.cornell.edu/notes.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tanin</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve tried this system before. It didn&amp;#x27;t work well when using in a workplace. Mainly because the info&amp;#x2F;knowledge in workplace is scattered and sometimes incoherent.&lt;p&gt;But, then, I&amp;#x27;ve realised that this is from Cornell, and the note taking system here is for students noting lectures.</text></comment>