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[quote=Anonymous]"DS, however, is absolutely sure that CS, info/data systems, business systems and security are his path."

DC may understand this but the OP should hear it too, in case they are not a STEM grad themselves and/or DC doesn't.

OP, you don't want to point this out to DC right now.  He won't benefit from the information in HS but knowing it should help you steer him without pushing him into a swamp he can't work through.

The subjects on the list do not describe a single path.  Additionally, there are many levels of college and university for each of those paths.

To do a CS major at a top CS school like Carnegie Mellon is really hard and most likely DC's C this year in Alg II rules a path like that out.

Luckily, even a top school like Carnegie has at least two other paths that are possible from your list.

I would suggest that neither a info/data system degree or a business systems type program at Carnegie would be ruled out by the C in Alg II even though DC would certainly need Calc as a senior to get into either.

Then there are intermediate/strong level schools from UMdCP to GMU to UMBC where DC could do any of the programs but would need calc as a senior.

If calc as a senior is not possible or is just too much of a grind, then at schools like GMU or UMBC info/data systems or business systems type programs would be matches with the rest of DC's record.

Then there are a host of "solid" schools that offer an array of programs similar in name to those already mentioned.  These "solid" schools have a variety of students from quite strong taking advantage of merit aid to somewhat weak but improving.

At these schools the true variety of paths in these areas shines through.  While they pretty much don't offer the beyond "graduate" level courses that Carnegie specializes in offering their undergrad in CS, students can still get a degree that is called CS.

They offer many watered down courses (compared to say MIT) that allow students to mix and match all possible business and computer related programs all of which are highly employable by average companies.

At these average companies they wouldn't even know what a Carnegie CS grad was even talking about.  Similarly, the Googles of the world would never recruit at a "solid" school.

I bothered to type all that out OP because it means that your DC WILL find his place among the paths you list.  All he needs is to keep trying at what interests him.  It really doesn't matter whether any particular effort succeeds or fails, grade wise.

If DC isn't happy with his understanding, he should just take the class over.  Eventually a company will pay him for what he understands, they won't care how long or how many tries it took him to get there.[/quote]

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