A few things that helped me during my studies as a math major: - get a small-ish whiteboard; one that you can fit in a larger bag. Do problems on that whiteboa

A few things that helped me during my studies as a math major: - get a small-ish whiteboard; one that you can fit in a larger bag. Do problems on that whiteboard first, then work them out on paper for submission once you have either solved the problem or know you are on the right track. It’s way easier to wipe the whiteboard clean to start over than it is to erase your pencil work. - invest in a quality mechanical pencil and a separate eraser. -work at least 3 extra problems beyond what was assigned for each category of problem - don’t memorize anything that you can derive quickly - memorize the derivation. Use your scratch paper to derive whatever you need, when you need it, instead of fretting over memorizing the right formulas, etc. - read up on the topic of lecture, before lecture, so that you can listen to the meta-information and ask questions during lecture instead of scrambling to follow the topic. - make a notebook of techniques and tricks of the trade - definitions are everything.