Be willing to pay the price. The price is always what you don't want to pay. Make success in college your number one goal. You cannot have multiple goals. Everything comes in its own season.
Failure begins in an excuse, a short cut.
There is no royal road to learning or achieving excellence. Do the following without wavering. Before you start your learning task, read over the major headings and summaries of the chapters in the textbook. This gives you a feeling for the whole picture and to what material you should pay attention while reading the chapters. Research shows that students who do this make higher grades, and this simple step is the most powerful thing you can do.