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Is your kid URM?[/quote]

This is OP.  I don't want to say too much to reveal myself.  DS graduated from one of the top schools in the DMV, think of Langley or Churchill.  He took 12 AP courses and scored five on all AP exams.  He also scored 1580 on the SAT and 36 on the ACT.  From what he told me and his brother, he doesn't have any studying issues at CMU, just the courses there are super hard.  No, we're not URM. [/quote]

One key question is: How bad is bad?

Is your son really flunking, or is he just miserable because he’s working very hard and getting C minuses?

Also:

- How much test prep did he do?

- How much does he love CS? Is that really his first choice for a major?

- If he doesn’t love CS: Why is he majoring in CS? Does he like any of his other classes more than his CS classes?

If, say, he really looked like a child prodigy in grade school, he usually scored in the 99.9 percentile on standardized tests, he did minimal test prep for the SATs, he genuinely loves CS, and he’s concerned because he’s getting a C plus in CS, he should probably stay in CS at CMU and maybe get some tutoring. In that scenario, CMU is teaching him good study habits, and empathy for regular college students who barely qualify for Mensa.

If he got into CMU with a lot of tutoring, loves CS for its own sake and is flunking out, or he’s scraping by with D’s, or he actually is lukewarm toward CS but wants to make a lot of money, he should change schools. He’s just not on the right wavelength to major in CS at CMU.

If he is really smart and likes CMU, and he’s not that excited about CS, he should just swallow hard and major in something he likes more, and hope the same forces that help many other non-CS majors earn a living will help him, too. [/quote]

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