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I apologize for being harsh, OP, but this isn't the profile of a particularly smart teen. Sure, he's not dumb. But he's really not special in any way. High school difficulties in math are extremely common (practically the norm), because that's the usual time when math starts getting a little too abstract for most people. Kids need to overcome that with consistent, regular work - something that perhaps your kid has never done outside of his passion. This is when you see who the organized, hard workers are - the wheat separates from the chaff. It's also when late ADHD diagnoses happen to reveal themselves.

Has he done any AP courses at all? Honors don't count - Honors is the new Regular, and Regular is the new Remedial. If he hasn't done well in an AP course yet, he's probably never needed to work hard, and Algebra 2 was the first challenge he ever had. Which considering he's doing it in 10th, doesn't put him in the top group of students. Nearly all the kids I know do Algebra 2 in 9th, and one of my kids did Algebra 2 in 8th. They all start at least one AP class in 9th, to spread the load a bit. My oldest graduated with 12 APs and a 4.7 weighted GPA, and his State U didn't even offer him merit aid. Because my kid wasn't that special!

Maybe you need to reframe a bit.

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