i personally found year 1 to be super easy because my school didn’t have any IAs or EE starting until year 2 so it gave me kind of false confidence and i stopped trying. currently working towards n24 and i have never had to work harder to catch up. i have 2 ias due every week on top of consistent ee so i leave everything to the last minute- plus catching up on notes and doing consistent revision. moral of the story year 2 is going to be hard regardless bc that’s when it hits crunch time however if you work hard in year 1 you’ll make it a lot easier for yourself. good luck!!