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As a first-year college student, the only advice I can give is don't underestimate the difficulty of the classes. I took an introductory course to Java -- a language I spent four years working with in high-school -- and going to the lectures started seeming rather redundant to me. Everything we learned was what I consider common knowledge such as simple loops, conditionals, simple data structures and algorithms, basic concepts of object-oriented design etc. so I thought I would have a decent handle on the class. Test came around and it was so intricate it basically kicked everyone's ass. I guess what you should prepare for depends a lot on what college you're going to, however just don't make the mistake of underestimating your classes.
From my experience, if there was one thing I wish I had concentrated more on in high-school it would be terminology. Pay attention to the little things that seem frivolous.
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