Too Much Reading!

All of my classes require me to read one or two chapters a week, meaning that I have 5-10 chapters to read every week on top of all the other writing that I have to do. In high school I graduated in the top ten percent but I never had so much reading to do. This is one of my biggest concerns that I have in college because I am not used to it and because I don’t like reading. Since I am not used to it, now that I am trying to read I have trouble understanding the material due to lack of concentration.

I have been trying to catch up to the readings, and I have on some classes but not all them. However I feel like I don’t remember half of what I read because while I’m reading my mind wonders off. I have asked people in my classes if they have read, and most of them have said that they have not so now I don’t know what to do. I know that reading before class helps understand the material better, but I don’t know if this is my case because I read but I don’t understand what I am reading. For now though I think that it is best for me to keep reading even if everyone else is not and even if I don’t understand the material, because eventually I will get better at it.