finding the focus to do homework

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ok here is my situation im a first semister college student i never was a high school student got thrown out freshman year then went to a autism/aspergers school where they didnt know how to deal with aspies and gave us no academics anyways the academics isn't my problem i got my GED with top 5% scores in every category. and tested in to classes that my few friends from the classes had to take pre-recs to get into. my main problem is finding the focus to sit down and do the work. i got finals next week and will end this semister with about a 2.75-3.0 GPA which i must admit is a shock cause i haven't cracked a book. but i'm just wondering how you can find the ability to study. my thoughts are always racing and ill sit down to study study for 15 min then have to go do something else. i know part of my problem is i no longer take meds of any kind but i will have that remedied by next semister's start but i dont think that will be some miraculous cure. next semister i have classes that i cant just slide through and if i want to be able to transfer to a university in 2 years i need to be able to actually learn something here and keep my GPA high. its mainly focusing on the boring stuff. like political science research papers and stuff. btw if anyone wondered my major is going to either be psyc or social work i want to work with autistic and asperger's syndrome since 90% of the people i delt with growing up were idiots about the subject. so any ways that you all have found to deal with this? thx

I'm in the same boat you're in, let me know when you find the answer

There's no magic bullet that I have found, it's more a matter of creating a habit and adhering to it. Like studying at a certain time each day for x hours. Noise is a big distractor for me. As soon as any extraneous sounds break in upon my concentration, that fragile bubble of effort pops and I have to muster up my focus again. Sitting by a computer is probably also not very wise as it is so easy to fall down a rabbit hole of distractions. Maybe talk to friends who are in some of the same courses as you and examine their study habits. The element of competition (albeit friendly) can help spur motivation. Framing a goal and contextualizing all the "boring stuff" as steps toward that goal may also provide some measure of impetus.

One secret I learned is the "Raise your hand three times" rule. It doesn't matter that you are correct as much as it is that you participate. If you do it more, it might appear that you are a "suck-up."