<p>My D went through this during first semester of Soph year. He scored below the class mean in almost all of her classes on the first round of prelims. After getting through the “everyone here is so much smarter than me” venting, I asked her if she had; 1) Gone to profs office hours 2) Studied with other students in the class 3) Had she visited the “Learning Strategies Center” [Cornell</a> Learning Strategies Center](<a href=“http://lsc.cornell.edu/]Cornell”>http://lsc.cornell.edu/) She had done none of these. I reminded her that during the opening ceremonies of her freshman year, the student speakers had warned the freshman that most students at Cornell at some point question whether they belong at Cornell, but would not have been admitted if they didn’t. She followed my suggestions & made it through the semester with over a 3.0 & got a 3.7 last semester.</p>