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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes - the college has peer tutoring. He has tried that but it's hit and miss. Will tell him to keep trying and also considering an outside tutor for a boost of confidence.[/quote]

OP as one who had a DS in the same situation last year- right down to the rigorous private and the doing OK in calculus 1- I will add this.

Your support for an outside tutor is great. Tell him you will pay for it so he has no excuse. But do not under any circumstances let him whine too much about this and do not let him drop the class. Unless you want to teach him to turn tail the minute things get “hard” in life.[/quote]

Maybe he just isn’t cut out for pre-med? If he can’t get through Calc2, it is hard to see that he’ll be able to handle Organic Chem at some point.[/quote]

Another false!  Calculus and OChem require different skills.  It's highly likely one is good at OChem but only average at Calculus.  
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But the sad truth is that he will be competing for med school spots with kids who took the equivalent class in high school. Even at our mid-level public school there are multiple students every year who take the equivalent class as a freshman and score a 5 on the AP exam. There's an entire section who are taking it as juniors. I truly hope the best for this kid, but reality is reality[/quote]

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