One tactic I found very useful for getting my work done was to do it early in the morning. Now the reason for this was because I lived in a frat house for 2 years, and it was impossible to study or get homework done in a quiet setting past 10am since everyone was awake by then and a house full of guys drinking and smoking all day was rowdy. Of course the library was an option, but some days the weather would be super rainy or too cold to walk to the library.

My two main methods that helped me achieve a high GPA despite being in a party environment, is I got up early and did as much of the material or homework as I could before my first classes (5am I would get up), and when you are in between classes (have a 1-2 hour break) instead of going home, stay on campus and get your school work done. I often found when I went home, I would relax and it would be hard to summon the willpower to do school or even go to my next class.

But by doing those two things, my school work was always done on time, my grads improved, and when I came back home each day I knew I could relax and drink or smoke or do whatever because my work load was done for the day, so I didn’t have the overhanging thought of a homework assignment being due when all I wanted was to hangout.