Warning: How to Prevent College Shopping Overload

College shopping is beyond confusing. There is the list the college sends, there is another list that the store hands out and that list is different from what your student is telling you she needs. You know your kid has never used an alarm clock (it is 2017 and he doesn’t even remember a time when he didn’t have a phone by his bed) and that an air-conditioned dorm does not need a fan, so who to believe?

At the risk of causing any more confusion here are our suggestions to keep you sane while...