I know it sounds dorky, but can you find a really good study skills course?? My local community college offered one, and it really paid off for me. It showed me how to take notes really well (efficiently and effectively), and it made me better at studying for things. I read chapters before we got to them in class, so I was prepared for what we were going over, I reread them when we were done with them. Highlighted if I felt I needed to. Some people don't like high lighting in their books. Sometimes it helped me, other times it seemed like I highlighted everything, lol.

Look into something like that. And definitely, get to the library. Spend time there studying. I know college is also about fun, but you want to be able to say you spent your money and time well there. I know that my first round of college experience didn't go well, and it wasn't until I went back at it a 2nd time, when I was 25, that I did well. I was paying for it out of my own pocket, not my parents' pockets, that I actually was motivated to do well. It was the first time I ever made Dean's List... and I never made honor roll in school (except for in 6th grade, once). It kept me going strong though, and I kept my butt on Dean's List the entire time I was there. I got tutors and spent a lot of time in the library. Science was my downfall, Physics to be precise, so I put a lot of time into that subject.

Don't give up on your dream, just find out what you need to do to be successful at it. Have fun, but remember you need to buckle down and study and be serious as well.