Oh my! I miss the feeling of being stressed from school. During my thesis days, I had no sleep. All my attention was given to my study. When I was already feeling tired, I just went out with friends and slept for three hours !
Karajan, I know you will do just great. Have time to relax because you need that to cope with your studies. After all the hard work, you will surely be rewarded with the most fruitful award. You can do it !
I did take notes during my college days. What I did was to highlight the most important points in my books, then transfer those points in my notebooks. I just paraphrased those points. You can try that. I hope it will work for you.
All the best.