<p>cbheck, sorry to hear about your student’s first year performance. I have no advice about the possibility of transferring but do not assume that a change of colleges will translate into academic success. I attended both OSU and Cornell(as a grad student) in engineering and found the academic rigor to be surprisingly comparable.</p>
<p>Students almost always fail in college because of personal issues rather that the academic challenges. Colleges adcoms frequently point out that if admitted, students will be up to the academics of the college. Having spent my entire life in a university environment I found very few student who were intellectually unable to graduate. The students who flunked/dropped out were almost universally immature, lacked discipline and did not take academics seriously. A few exhibited emotional challenges which compounded matters.</p>
<p>My recommendation is to determine what problems your son encountered this academic year. One option may be to take a year off so he can see first hand what the real world is like.</p>