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If OP's kid is at MIT, that is one thing - quite another at a state school. [/quote]

A lot of kids struggle in their first year at MIT.  The level of rigor is intense and many kids who are used to getting all As in high school find it significantly harder to get high grades at MIT.  But most will dig in, work harder, acquire better study skills and start pulling up their marks with grit and focus.  There's a lot of growth that comes from that.

If OP's son has the grit and determination to become a stronger student, it's still a very doable to become a better engineering student if he also has aptitude for the material. If he's lacking in either of those (determination or aptitude), it may not work out.  But I don't think it's wise to encourage a kid to quit at this point if he's determined to pursue it. They grow up a LOT when life throws them curveballs and they figure out how to navigate them; or equally so, give it all they've got and decide for themselves that it isn't the right path. [/quote]

You can’t rely on grit and determination in engineering. That works only up to certain point.[/quote]
You can learn to study smarter.  Lots of kids are a bit lost at the beginning and figure out the format after a semester or two.[/quote]

That’s interesting. Who provides those sort of lessons. I went to an Ivy and didn’t see any study strategy instruction, but that was an over a decade ago. [/quote]Usually students figure it out on their own and make the adjustments themselves.  In STEM, that usually involves doing more practice problems rather than just "reviewing" without applying content.[/quote]

The concepts you are deal with build on each other from course to course and even within the course. It’s not it’s rote computation and practice problems alone won’t necessarily give you understanding, and definitely won’t in time to use concepts for the next lessons.

OP, you need to get your some a tutor for all the failing courses so he can fill in the obvious gaps in his college preparation and catch up to be on level. I’m surprised the college didn’t recommend a college prep year prior to starting, given that record and major. [/quote]

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