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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is at a top LAC and is struggling with Calc 2 (he already did Calc 1 last semester and did ok). He had a bumpy first semester as a freshman and is now stressed out about this semester because of Calc 2. He is talking about transferring as he feels like he does not belong in the college academically (socially happy). He came from a rigorous private and did well, although always weaker in math but made it through to Calc and did fine. Plenty of APs with good grades. We were surprised at how much he struggled first semester at college. He wants to do sciences/pre med so is required to take Calc 2 for this course. Any advice?[/quote]

Tell him to buck up and grow up. Seriously. If he wants to do pre-med, this is nothing.

His "rigorous private" likely coddled him through the tough classes. I'm sorry, OP, but that's how it works. I've had 2 go through a rigorous private as well, and that was definitely the case. Then they get to college and - surprise! - the work is really hard.

Perhaps some of the time that he is spending being "socially happy" would be better spent with a tutor, or a peer study group, or working his tail off on his own to get through Calc 2. I know. It's hard. But so what? So is life.[/quote]

This 100% this[/quote]

Ok, my kid went to a rigorous private (like an actually rigorous one that was miserable for 4 years) and is finding STEM classes at a top20 to be a joke. 
She has a 100% in all classes, including ones where the average on first assessments was a 20% or 40%.

Just had to say that.

[b]OP, you need to hire a tutor on Wyzant.[/b]  This is what we did when things got bad in high school. 
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My DS did this when he was struggling in AP Calculus in high school as well.  A good tutor can give your son some confidence, and it builds mandatory study time into his schedule.  Personality fit is important in addition to knowledge, kids learn well from some people, not so well from others.[/quote]

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