<p>Also, some kids go on coops, love getting paid, and leave school to work fulltime.</p>
<p>I think your son will have a tough time at ANY engineering program without having calc classes. Calc classes at RIT are very small, which should help your son. I remember taking calc with about 300 students at a large state school and being glad it was basically a refresher class for me (not a great way to learn calculus). Just warn him to get help quickly if he needs it. 10 weeks go by very fast, with exams every couple weeks. RIT has some learning communities for freshman, where small groups of incoming students take 3 classes/qtr together. Makes it easier to form friendships, study groups, etc. Usually grouped by major so there may be one offered to engineering students. My DD was asked to be in one her 1st yr (could have declined) but it turned out to be a good thing. The kids opted to stay in it for 2nd qtr, maybe even 3rd (can’t remember).</p>