<p>One thing that my 4.0 HS daughter is struggling with her freshman year is that she is studying the material, but she is adjusting to how that material is applied on exams. In HS it was so straight forward, even on AP exams, it was basically memorization of material. In college the material has to be used to create solutions. A different way of being tested. Hopefully after your daughter had, what was in her opinion, a poor result, she was sitting at the door 10 minutes before office hours to either be reassured she was on track or to be given tips on how to study a different way for a different result. Going to study sessions can be a mixed bag. If the students are all approaching the material the same way and getting similar results, then their methology is off. When my daughter really looked at the first few weeks of college and how she spent her time, she realized she was only deeply studying 4 hours a day. Using the 8 hour rule, and subtracting class time from that 8 hours she realized she was not putting in as much time as she thought. She is now studying at least 6 hours a day outside of class and 4-5 each weekend day. Her results are changing for the better. She is also having to change her own expectations. Some of which I believe she had tied to me, believing I felt if she didn’t get a 4.0, I would have an issue with that. (and I don’t…let’s face it, the majority of Universities that are discussed here are a combination of the top 5-10% of US students, and our kids go from stars to “average”) She might squeeze a 4.0 this semester, but I suspect a 3.8 or so. But in order to obtain that, she is completely busting her backside. It can be isolating and kids can get a bit irritated that their peers are partying it up while they are hanging at the library.</p>