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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He needs a study group, to go to office hours and to do tons and tons of problems.  You learn calc by doing problems.[/quote]

This.  My kid also had to be very disciplined about preparing to go to office hours.  They attempted to complete the problem set so they could go over what they didn’t understand before it had to be turned in.

I don’t know if your son’s college is really too challenging academically in general or if STEM isn’t the right fit and he would be fine with a different major.  However, it’s also possible things came easier to him in high school.  Both my kids went to well regarded high schools and were very good students but I also know they procrastinated a lot and still pulled through. They definitely had to change how they work and use the resources like office hours when they got to college.  Also as a side note, I’ve heard most places that Calc 2 can be harder than Calc 3 so this could be a double whammy of a really tough course when your kid hasn’t cracked the code on how they need to prepare.[/quote]

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