Common hour is a common time for club and campus meetings and for special events on campus. There are no regularly scheduled classes at this time. Students can use email to send and receive messages from friends at other campuses around the world. You should wait to buy books until your first class because of last minute schedule changes.
Time management is critical.
Unlike high school, you may only be in class 15 hours per week. Faculty expect you to study 1-2 hours outside of class for each hour in class. You need to make friends with people in your classes. The relationship between faculty and students is very different in college. Faculty expect you to come to them with problems, questions, and requests for extra help.