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<p>I agree, it’s hard no matter how it’s done. However there is a difference between hard and the “drinking from the firehose approach”. </p>
<p>What I’m saying that the conclusion that because the OPs son is doing poorly at Harvey Mudd implies that he’s not cut out for engineering is a faulty conclusion. There are many successful engineers who would not have thrived in the “firehose” style of learning. I’ve met many people who went to graduate school at MIT who had to TA undergraduates and many of these people said that they could not have handled the MIT undergraduate experience and are very grateful that they went to a place where they could digest their lessons and even contemplate. Different people thrive in different environments.</p>