Obviously my experience from 30 years ago, in a different country, will be different to yours, so ymmv. But my advice would be that you will get out as much as

Obviously my experience from 30 years ago, in a different country, will be different to yours, so ymmv. But my advice would be that you will get out as much as you put in. Sure, you can go to class, do assignments, study hard and so on, and you should do those things. But my most memorable, and possibly valuable, times at Uni for me were when I pushed the boat out. A group of friends and I spent 2 weeks in the lab for a Lisp assignment that should take half a day to complete. Instead of handing in a page of source code it was more like 30 pages. (we got penalised for that, but it was worth it.) Instead of a "minimal" assignment, we took the requirement and each (individually) dreamed up a new feature - coded that, shared the idea, and then the others implemented it as well. We didn't share code with each other, it was an individual assignment, but we shared ideas and shared key knowledge. Other times I went to lectures for classes I wasn't taking. I'd just sit in with friends doing those courses. (Easier to do in big classes than small ones.) I took classes I didn't need just because they were interesting. (ultimately that worked out, I was able to drop a symester of a course that I didn't like.) I found hidden resources - a fantastic tech library tucked away, a machine connected to a laser printer you could book, and pay per page (when most assignments were hand-written, or dot-matrix printed, a growing subset of our class handed in laser printed work.) (aside, I didn't find it, someone else in my class did and I asked him. One way to find stuff is to notice who else is finding stuff and link up with them.) I discovered a plotter and played with that. I wrote a program for the medical faculty. I actively looked for new, and different, things to try. (not every day, these are the edited highlights spread over 3 years.) Most of my peers treated college like high school, and they got "more of the same." I treated it more like a playground - there are things to discover, opportunities around every corner - but it takes a willingness to explore, and ask. (most everything is open to you if you just observe, and ask. College likes curiosity, and appreciates initiative.) You'll get out what you put in. Have fun. Be curious. And be bold. PS don't do drug's :), that never ends well.