I'm a first year architect student, I want to get a couple of tips from people who have been in the profession for many years

Hello everyone, about six months ago I entered the university to be an architect. It was not a spontaneous decision, I thought about it for a long time, I liked to make sketches and sketches of people and the environment, buildings, I liked to make sketches of buildings from real life and change them at my discretion. In general, the profession attracted me. Having entered, we immediately began to study the architecture of antiquity, make Greek warrants, laundering and so on. I understand that this is the base and the first year of traialways goes in such tasks in which you just need to stuff your hand. But then... It's just important for me to know what is best to do and what is better not to do to study more effectively and not to clog my head with meaningless work. In which moments it is better to listen to the teachers, and in which moments not, and so on. Of course, I have already managed to ask this question to the AI, but it will never replace real advice from real people. So, thank you in advance! It will be nice to read the answers