Before you ever get to school for your first year it is a good idea to polish up your study habits. Many high schools and colleges have study skill classes that you can take to help you learn what techniques have worked for other people. Often there are even online study classes that you can take. If you commit to learning these techniques it will greatly reduce the stress you have to go through during your first year. Often these classes will teach you how to organize your time, complete solid online research and even how to organize your class notes.