The author's son (not pictured) is a college athlete at Stanford.
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- Stanford University recruited my son to be a college athlete.
- He feared he wouldn't fit academically at the school.
- My son decided to drop out and transfer, but at the last minute, he found friends and stayed.
My son has always been an athlete, and sports have always come easily to him. However, he has had a problem with confidence ever since he was 8. That was when he...