Everything f3 said. Don’t think that because you’re a freshman and classes are easy, that means you can slack off a bit. There’s a lot of potential for unexpected things to happen in college, for example you might learn later on that it’s best to transfer. Which means sometimes the only thing that can save you is a decent gpa. Spend at least one semester pushing yourself as hard as you can to discover your limits. I did this for a few years in nursing school and learned I was capable of applying to med school and now I’m gold. Also I like to plan about 2 weeks ahead. If there’s something going on later than 2 weeks then it probably won’t affect me too much right now. But if there’s gonna be a single day where there’s like 4 papers due and there’s hours of classes on the same day then I need to know ahead of time. Google calendar will save you And don’t be a “box checking” student. Don’t think that because you got a sky high gpa and you took all the right classes that you’ll be fine after graduating. You’re not a student any more after graduating, you’re an unemployed loser after graduating. Internships might not sound interesting as of right now as if they were something that’s easy to dismiss, but they will very much be interesting once you graduate. Landing a job will be so much easier