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[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]

If he cannot get a B- or above in calc 2, he will not get through premed. B- is well below average these days. It is not like the 80s when C- was well below but C+ was just below the mean and B- was the mean.  
OP what were his AP scores in math and science? SAT?
Premed coursework and mcat correlate with AP and SAT more than with HS GPA. Most HS inflate a lot, with well over half getting A-/A in classes. Some privates do this. The fact that he had calc in high school and is struggling this much is concerning. [/quote]

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