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[quote=Anonymous][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]

I’m not sure it’s that simple. [b]Calc 2 is really difficult for a lot of kids. [/b]If gos professor isn’t a good fit that will exacerbate the issue. He may need to commit to putting a ton of time into this class - daily like several hours. My DS’ school has open tutoring times with the TAs for calc 2. He needs to go regularly, he needs a study group and he needs a high quality tutor.

And with all that he may still not do fabulously. These classes are called weeder classes for a reason and the reason a lot of people drop pre-med. there’s no shame in switching gears if you realize you don’t have the acumen to excel on these classes and it also takes a lot of maturity and self discipline for a young college student who may not be a natural with this material to put in the kind of hours of study and outside efforts they would need to do to be successful. [/quote]

it is really easy or at least fairly easy for the [b]vast majority[/b] who become doctors. That is the issue here. OP's kid appears to be not on the track that is most likely to end up in med school. It could happen, but the odds are currently stacking against. [/quote]

Did you do a survey on all the doctors?  Did vast majority tell you they breeze through Calc without putting in a lot of work? without adjusting math study habit?[/quote]

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