What should be a time of "building up" one's life often crumbles as college students fail to make the grade with their faith. Author David Wheaton relates his own experiences at Stanford as he describes three Pillars of Peril students face in college—sex, drugs, alcohol, and humanism—and shares strategies for overcoming these common snares through personal and spiritual safeguards. It's practical advice for creating the right environment to flourish at college and stay the course in your faith.