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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Several multi-millionares I know got Cs in math toward finance degrees. All he has to do is pass.[/quote]

OP here. That's what I told him. I'll see how many classes he can take at community college. I'm assuming calculus at CC would be a bit easier but I don't know. Has anyone's kid done this?[/quote]
I’m a community college instructor. It’s very common for students at 4-year colleges to take a few classes at a CC, usually because they are cheaper an/or easier. [/quote]

Are they easier? I’m making an assumption but I have no idea. [/quote]

In our experience, CC was much easier. My kid withdrew from a Calc class about 1/4 of the way in at W&M because it was obvious they were going to fail.  They took the same class as an intensive summer Calc at Nova and got an A.  Back at W&M the class that had the Calc pre-req was a very, very hard-earned B- and unlike the other students, they had to learn some calc that wasn't covered as much in depth as needed. In retrospect, I think they should have taken the Calc in CC first and then retake it at W&M since later courses were dependent on it--but that would have been a hard sell and ultimately it's your kid's choice.[/quote]

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