DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! do it! it really helps! legit! Take notes and not crapy poop notes, I mean good notes. it will help you with the tests. If you save up your notes you can study them at the end of the year and use them to your advantage. Bring your brain, sucks to leave that at home, you will need it. always have a pencil, pencils are everything. If you don't have a pencil, your life will end up like a time warner cable TV commercial. don't let that be you and get a pencil. Last thing you need is the effort to work. That helps a lot!