I would suggest them to meet some of the instructors and councilors before class time, they do help students with any situation making it less stressful. I would also give the tip to a new oncoming student to be prepared, respectful and happy they are doing something in their life beneficially.

Be sure to have all books purchased before the course, enrolled in starts. More likely to get the correct book needed for the classes being taken.

Make sure you keep checking up on you FAFSA - sometimes it's really slow to process all the paperwork.

Just do the work and take advantage of the free tutoring.