2. find help if you need it. If you are struggling, don't hesitate to find help as soon as you can. i know it's embarrassing to admit you don't understand something you think the whole class understands. But you can't let that stop you, because eventually things will just keep piling on top of the one thing you don't get and then all of a sudden you don't understand ANYTHING that's going on, and it makes it that much harder to catch up.