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Fresh, sleep is one of the things that you have consider very precious in college or you have to give it up. One of my teachers last year told the class "In college, there are three things you can do, school, sleep, or social life, but unfortunately, there is only time for two." I have found this to be mostly true.
My earliest class starts at 9:00 every day and assuming I get up at around 7:30-8:00, I try to go to bed around 1 or 2 in the morning and try to get 5-6 hours a night with one night getting around 7 or 8. I gave up on the idea of getting a definite sleep schedule and that has worked out for me and the only setback is being tired at relaxing times of the day.
If you do not want to build a definite sleep schedule slowly get less and less sleep every week and you should get used to it, without a lower in performance. You will learn to get a second wind on staying up as well. If you get deprived of sleep you also fall asleep right away which is a plus.
If you are looking for a definite sleep schedule (my roommate did that last year), routine is a big thing. Try to do the same thing every night before you go to bed and try to wake up at the same time every morning. If you want help getting on a schedule I would try drinking chamomile tea or taking sleeping pills, those work but dependency is another issue.
I would make that decision as early as possible because later in the semester you may be pressured to choose friends and school over sleep, I'm sure it has happened already, so be ready to give up one of them unless you have excellent time management.
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