Take study-worthy lecture notes Copying class notes after the fact is a time-consuming way to study for an exam, but it was the only thing that truly worked for me back in college. But next week I'll be in a classroom again for the first time in 8 years, pen poised over notebook, and this time I'm going to perfect a strategy that gets my notes right the first time: the Cornell Note-taking method. in Serious stuff > Educationwith cornellnoteeducationlecturelecturenoteslifehackerstudyuniversity