Quote from: Villus on May 24, 2006, 12:22:12 AMAnd one more thing. When you start school in august, you will see other students rushing and standing in line for an hour to pay 120 dollars for each of their 6 textbooks (and at the end of the semester finding that they can only sell them back for less than half). DO NOT DO THIS. If you do, you wil be wasting a HUGE amount of money. I paid about 1/3 of the total cost of my books by buying them online, including shipping. I got all of the current editions and there were no marks in the books. The books will be in the library weeks before school begins. You can order them online and have them by the time school starts. So make sure you look at places like Half.com and Amazon.com. I can't tell you how surprised I was to see that so FEW other students even thought about buying used books. I guess they had money to burn.HTH I always do this, yet I thought they tell you what class you are in, at orientation, just a few days before classes start. I know the books are at the library, but if everyone does the same thing, we will not all have a book to read.Am I wrong, do they give you the classes earlier? (I hope)I am not even thinking about selling them back, I think that idea to "gut" the books and put the relevent info in binders will be the best way to go, I am planning on living in the Villa apt., even though I don't know how long the walk is, I know with the laptop etc. 5 heavy books won't be fun to lug around.
And one more thing. When you start school in august, you will see other students rushing and standing in line for an hour to pay 120 dollars for each of their 6 textbooks (and at the end of the semester finding that they can only sell them back for less than half). DO NOT DO THIS. If you do, you wil be wasting a HUGE amount of money. I paid about 1/3 of the total cost of my books by buying them online, including shipping. I got all of the current editions and there were no marks in the books. The books will be in the library weeks before school begins. You can order them online and have them by the time school starts. So make sure you look at places like Half.com and Amazon.com. I can't tell you how surprised I was to see that so FEW other students even thought about buying used books. I guess they had money to burn.HTH
Quote from: pipskicks on May 24, 2006, 01:17:59 AMQuote from: Villus on May 24, 2006, 12:22:12 AMAnd one more thing. When you start school in august, you will see other students rushing and standing in line for an hour to pay 120 dollars for each of their 6 textbooks (and at the end of the semester finding that they can only sell them back for less than half). DO NOT DO THIS. If you do, you wil be wasting a HUGE amount of money. I paid about 1/3 of the total cost of my books by buying them online, including shipping. I got all of the current editions and there were no marks in the books. The books will be in the library weeks before school begins. You can order them online and have them by the time school starts. So make sure you look at places like Half.com and Amazon.com. I can't tell you how surprised I was to see that so FEW other students even thought about buying used books. I guess they had money to burn.HTH I always do this, yet I thought they tell you what class you are in, at orientation, just a few days before classes start. I know the books are at the library, but if everyone does the same thing, we will not all have a book to read.Am I wrong, do they give you the classes earlier? (I hope)I am not even thinking about selling them back, I think that idea to "gut" the books and put the relevent info in binders will be the best way to go, I am planning on living in the Villa apt., even though I don't know how long the walk is, I know with the laptop etc. 5 heavy books won't be fun to lug around.Yes, you are right, this year they told us which section we were in around orientation time. But orientation is a week before class starts. So if you order your books on monday, you probably would only have to wait a week and a half to get the books, or you could expidite them for a little extra. I had two of my six books not arrive by the time class started, but I simply used the books that they have in the library for a few days. It's really not that big of a deal if you don't have your book for a few classes, trust me. Also, I did take all of my books to FedEx Kinkos and had the spine removed so that I could take them in small (usually only that week's readings) sections. It was a life saver. I did not have to lug around those stupid rolling bookbags or hurt my back with a ginormous backpack full of huge books, a computer, and God knows what else. I also stopped taking my computer to class around the second week. It was a total waste of time. Most people just play games or IM or whatever on their computers. And don't buy an Apple because it won't accept the school's exam software. A couple of people bought new Apples and then had to buy a cheap PC from Walmart or whereever to use for exams.
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