TLDR: don’t feel nervous to ask questions or to have things explained. First term is completed and I have kept my 4.0 gpa! Something that has helped me is to ask questions if I don’t understand something. I know that sounds like a given but I would catch myself early on saying I understood something that I didn’t fully grasp. I kind of look at it like raising my hand in class. It would make me nervous but seriously…. Ask the questions until you feel you understand.