Now 2-yr, 4-yr degress are important...but dont kill yourself with classes to make that qouta. You came out of highschool you know what you can and cannot handle. Freshman year is tough, its a higher lvl of work and teachers in collge may not want the same work you produced in highschool. Work like that might give you a C (-.-). Pace yourself... separate work with play..make firends who you can realte with. When you can make out your own schedual, put times you want.if you dont want to do algebra at 6PM..make a 11am or so. Also try not to fill up your week with classes, make a day with no class. I prefere a friday or monday (4-day weekend ^_^ ). That way with a day off you can catch up on work, study, or do a parttime job if you want. College is just a start, enjoy it while you can because most jobs wont let you choose what times are good for you.