Here are some tips for you in order not to remain freshman up to the end of study and in order to accommodate to the new life faster.

o   Before writing and arranging the list of things you are going to take with to the college, contact your roomer, and decide ho is going to take and what. (think, you do not need to have two DVDs and not to have a radio)
o    Make friends with the students of senior classes, they may help you a lot during your first year and may give you good advices.
o    Of course, you have the opportunity not to visit classes and to use the notes of other students, but if you want to become a good specialist in the sphere you have chosen, attend classes.
o    Make good relationship with the professors, meet them, socialize with them; it is a great opportunity for you to succeed in future life, who knows, maybe they will provide you with a good work place.
o    Do not keep silent if you do not understand anything during the classes, it is better to ask a question now, than to get into a trouble during the exams.