Sorry for the lack of posts besties, I've been going through it.
Anyway the tip is to make sure the classes you signed up for are actually the classes you're supposed to be taking, especially if you're advisor only advises you over email. Mine told me to sign up for two classes and a week into the semester proceeded to email me and say I'm not supposed to be taking these classes at all, including having the audacity to cc the director of the whole program even though she told me to take those classes 🙃
Also, make sure to read the syllabus and figure out what books you need before class and what ones you can wait on and see if you will actually use it. Some classes require bookwork asap and others will say the book is required and then never use it, check the assignment part of the syllabus.
And welcome back to school for another semester :) which started about two weeks ago for most of you according to my notes