I think the biggest advice I have is to base your study routine on your needs and lecturers’ advice, not what your peers are doing.
I began first year by doing every problem sheet given to me by my lecturers but after a few weeks was told by a peer that ‘no one does the problem sheets’, so I stopped. By the end of the year, I realised that I had absolutely no clue what any of my modules were about and was completely unprepared for exams. The next year, I began doing every problem sheet and had a much better understanding of my modules and felt better prepared for exams.
I am hoping to work in banking or data analysis in the future. I did data analysis over the summer and really enjoyed it. I’ve always said I wanted to do banking but after this summer I have become much more interested in data analysis.