Cornell Premium

Your notebook shouldn't just hold your notes. It should work with you.

Open it at any page. You can see straight away that it isn't a notebook like the others.

The starting point

You have already had that notebook full of good intentions

The one you opened in September, full of hope. The first pages are neat, almost beautiful. Then the weeks go by, the lessons pile up, and it goes back to what it always was: a place where you drop words, not a tool that helps you keep them.

You open your notebook again two weeks before the test. You have lost track of where you are, which pages you revised, which ones you skipped. So you turn the pages one by one, hoping to pick up the thread. It isn't a lack of seriousness. It's just that your notebook tells you nothing about yourself.

A Cornell Premium notebook does not just take your notes. It tells you where you are, what has stuck, what needs another pass, and in what order. It steers your revision for you, so you never have to guess again.

The method, built in

3 zones. 5 steps. One page that does all the work.

The Cornell method has been around for 70 years, developed by Walter Pauk at Cornell University. It splits each page into three zones: a column of key words, a large notes area, a summary at the bottom. Three zones, three moments: during the lesson, right after, and at revision time.

The Cornell Premium notebook does not stop at drawing those three zones. It builds in the 5 steps R1 to R5, the tracking boxes and the memory thermometers, so the system no longer depends on your discipline alone, but on the structure of the page itself.

What changes everything

What Cornell Premium does differently from a classic Cornell notebook

The 5 Rs built into the structure

The R1 box shows whether the notes were taken. The R2 to R5 thermometers follow each revision cycle, subject by subject. You no longer have to remember where you are: the notebook tells you.

The active contents page

Subject, pages, R1, R2 to R5 thermometers: your own index builds itself as you go. A student who finds their notes in 30 seconds revises more than a student who searches for 10 minutes.

The memory thermometers

Four visual thermometers, one per step R2 to R5, filled in at each revision cycle. At a glance, you know which subject is solid and which one needs another pass.

The R1 attendance check

A student who was absent cannot revise a lesson they never had. The R1 box flags missing notes to catch up on straight away, with no separate system.

The control page

A double opening page dedicated to the active contents and the overall thermometers. You get a wide view of the whole notebook the moment you open it, not a page 1 with no landmarks.

Structured end pages

Personal glossary and further resources: the vocabulary specific to a subject and your key references, in the same notebook as your notes. The friction between the lesson and the revision disappears.

The choice of inside ruling

Lines, dots, or 5x5 small squares. Dots and squares for diagrams, maths, mind maps. Lines for literature, philosophy, languages. The same method, adapted to your subject.

Small format for one subject, large format for four

The small format follows a single subject in depth. The large format holds four subjects in one notebook, with a clear separation and memory boxes V1 to V4 in column 2.

The ecosystem through a QR code

A classic notebook is a closed product. Yours is a way in: method summaries, further resources, recommended tools, community. What you find behind the QR code today grows over time. The notebook stays the same. It is the access that gets richer.

The formats

Choose the format that suits the way you work

Eight subjects, one notebook per subject: that is eight notebooks to carry, eight to not forget in the wrong bag in the morning. With the four subject format, two notebooks cover a whole term. Less weight, less risk of turning up without the right one.

The range of Cornell Premium colours and rulings

One subject format

160 pages
Lines, small squares or dots
Comes in several colours
Ideal for following one subject in depth

Four subject format

232 pages
Lines, small squares or dots
Choice of colours
Clear separation between the four subjects
Two notebooks cover eight subjects over a term

The difference, concretely

Two students, two weeks before the exam

Classic notebook

You open your notebooks one by one. You turn the pages looking for what you have already revised. Nothing tells you. You re-read everything, just in case, hoping it is enough.

Cornell Premium

You open your control page. In 30 seconds you see which subjects are green and which are still red. You know exactly where to start, and you have not lost ten minutes searching.

And around the notebook

Your notebook is only a way in

Find the whole Cornell Premium ecosystem: the book Zéro Bachotage, your personalised guide Réussis Comme Toi, and the resources that get added over time on cornellpremium.com.

Ordering

Your way of learning deserves a notebook that supports it

Not more work. Just a system that tells you where you are.

Formats, rulings and colours are all on the Cornell Premium Amazon store.

See it on Amazon

Frequent questions

What you are probably wondering

What is the difference from a classic Cornell notebook bought elsewhere?

A classic Cornell notebook gives you the three zones on the page. Cornell Premium goes further: the 5 steps are built into the structure, with an active contents page, memory thermometers, and access to a set of resources that keeps growing.

Which ruling should I choose?

Dots and small squares work well for diagrams, maths and mind maps. Lines suit literature, philosophy and languages better. Beyond that it is a question of subject and personal preference.

Small format or large format?

The small format (160 pages) is made for following one subject in depth. The large format (232 pages) lets you group four subjects in one notebook, with a clear separation between them.

Do I need to have read Zéro Bachotage to use this notebook?

No. The notebook works on its own, its structure guides the use. The book goes deeper into the method, into how the brain works, and offers adaptations for your subject and your way of learning, but it is not necessary to get started.