Tuitions costs?

What are you guys paying in tuition for this upcoming semester?? I'll be paying around 2500 for out of state tuition (normally it's about half that). Books are gonna be another 300. I last went to school about 5 years ago and if it wasnt so painful, I'd be laughing about how much tuition has come up. I first went to a technical school for about two years and wasted a lot of money. Now I'll be going to real university, and was wondering what you people would offer as advice to someone who#s been out of it for awhile. Any methods of improving study habits? Any advice at all would be great. I'm super nervous about going back having been out of it for awhile.