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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  It’s her journey.[/quote]
 
OP here. But, I'm paying for her school.[/quote]

OP, we have a written contact with our kid. What we do.  What our expectations are of him.  It’s a lot more nuanced than “get 3.0 and don’t get into trouble”.  He needs to be on a path where he leaves college more employable than he entered.  He needs to articulate his current realistic post-college plan (which can change, and in fact has changed).  He needs to be taking steps to get there. Etc. We will revisit mid year if necessary.

In our house, we’d sit down and re-visit.  We’d tell him the grades concern us for med school admission and discuss alternate paths.  We’d also discuss supports available to improve grades.  And we’d require our kid meet with the president-med advisor at the college who has almost certainly seen this a dozen times this year alone.

Two things:

First sophomore year isn’t too late to change courses in many cases. Lots of kids start college as MDs and change their mind. Also, ADHD girls compensate well— until they can’t.  A high achieving woman with accelerating demands who suddenly drops all the balls she’s juggling is a pattern common in ADHD— and very treatable.  So, consider whether that could be an issue. 
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