33yr old College student needing advice about nerves?

If you're doing a speech: PRACTICE!!!! practice out loud, in front of people... I just had to do a speech and it helped SO much! Remember that the audience wants you to do well, it's not interesting to see a bad speech, they all want a good one. So they are on your side. And finally look at the back wall, this is a trick I learned in drama, and it works well. Your looking out into the audience but you don't have to look at them. Don't let this cl throw you off college, it such a fun experience, and there are just too many things to learn to just not go.