Besides gen chem and org chem classes (and most importantly the labs)
www.rhodium.ws is very, very useful. Also find a copy of the organic chem lab survival manual. This one even proved helpful while taking the lab. Find yourself a copy of a Sigma-Aldrich catalog (those things R great) and a merck index. then get some more books (yes, total synthesis 2 is good but I couldnt even understand it till I was working my way through organic). Love is the best way to learn this stuff, 99% of the people I talk to hated organic, I loved it. Go ahead and call me a nerd I don’t give a shit I’m still getting more ass than most of you.
Remember, SAFETY first. Build yourself a fume hood with adequate exhaust and get a fire extinguisher (class A,B, and C or 1,2, and 3 whatever the fuck it is). I don’t recommend doing it anywhere on campus (except in graduate labs ha ha). Get an idea of what you want to make (you already know) and start buying shit. Its expensive if you are like me and are a poor fucking college student and getting all this stuff took me awhile even while I was robbing the school blind. When ordering do it all with money orders. Oh ya, the guy who wrote total synthesis 2 also wrote a book called sources.
Oh ya, UTFSE (use the fucking search engine). I haven't had too many questions it cant answer.
Surf through an anonymous proxy server, setup a firewall or six.
Have fun and enjoy the ride.