College book question

[Chaotic42]

Hey folks.

I'm wondering if anyone can give me an idea of about what my college books will cost this semester.

I'm probably only going to buy my Math book, the rest I'll rent if possible. I'm taking:

Chem I
Chem I lab
Calc I
Eng I
Music Appreciation
Fitness

The only reason I ask is that I'm at about $1400 now. I get paid tomorrow, which will bring me up to about $2100. I have a $960 college bill, which will shoot me down to $1140, plus $80 for insurance, which will take me down to $1060. The bookstore opens on the 10th, and I don't get paid again until the 16. Classes start on the 20th.

I need some new tires and such, and I'd like to get the car looked at before school starts. I won't really have time after it does.

I appreciate any help you guys can give. :beer:

 

[Turkish]

post your book ISBN's here... maybe someone will have a copy and let it go for cheap. I have like 60+ books still waiting to be sold on Half.com. I much rather sell to a fellow ATOTer than someone on Half.com.

BTW, is Music Appreciation online? Just cusious.

 

[AFB]

Half.com R0x

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: XietyCOM
post your book ISBN's here... maybe someone will have a copy and let it go for cheap. I have like 60+ books still waiting to be sold on Half.com. I much rather sell to a fellow ATOTer than someone on Half.com.

BTW, is Music Appreciation online? Just cusious.

I don't have the booklist yet. They said they screwed something up when I went to orientation and we won't know until the end of the week.

MA isn't online, it's in some room in the band building. I look at it as a chance to do my homework. :beer:

 

[Ketteringo]

http://www.addall.com

 

[bolido2000]

You need to ask friends from other colleges to borrow books from their libraries. I stopped buying books after junior year and I'm now in grad school

 

[isekii]

dude, if you need a Calc 1 book or a Chem 1 book you can pick up basically any copy.

it'll teach the same stuff in a different text that they teach in the one you'd pick up.

chem lab is usually seperate from chem text so that shouldn't even matter.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: isekii
dude, if you need a Calc 1 book or a Chem 1 book you can pick up basically any copy.

it'll teach the same stuff in a different text that they teach in the one you'd pick up.

chem lab is usually seperate from chem text so that shouldn't even matter.

Well, I have a Calc book, but the homework deal will be a big pain. I'm going to be working full time, so I won't have time to mess with other students and ask them to borrow their books. I've got to be self-sufficient.

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: isekii
dude, if you need a Calc 1 book or a Chem 1 book you can pick up basically any copy.

it'll teach the same stuff in a different text that they teach in the one you'd pick up.

chem lab is usually seperate from chem text so that shouldn't even matter.

Well, I have a Calc book, but the homework deal will be a big pain. I'm going to be working full time, so I won't have time to mess with other students and ask them to borrow their books. I've got to be self-sufficient.

dude, the professors don't even collect homework.
who gives a crap if the homework problems aren't the same.
Msot of the answers are on the back of the book, and you can apply the same method the other book teaches to the book you have.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: isekii
dude, if you need a Calc 1 book or a Chem 1 book you can pick up basically any copy.

it'll teach the same stuff in a different text that they teach in the one you'd pick up.

chem lab is usually seperate from chem text so that shouldn't even matter.

Well, I have a Calc book, but the homework deal will be a big pain. I'm going to be working full time, so I won't have time to mess with other students and ask them to borrow their books. I've got to be self-sufficient.

dude, the professors don't even collect homework.
who gives a crap if the homework problems aren't the same.
Msot of the answers are on the back of the book, and you can apply the same method the other book teaches to the book you have.

i dunno if i'd gamble with my grade like that. what if his particular teacher does collect the homework or does specific labs from the book?

 

[eLiu]

Can you find any other students who have already taken your classes? Maybe some of them will still have their books and you can get stuff from them for cheap.

 

[mugs]

If you bought them new at the bookstore, probably over $300 for the lot of them.

 

[Triforceofcourage]

Usually each text book hovers around $100

 

[MrBond]

Originally posted by: isekii

dude, the professors don't even collect homework.
who gives a crap if the homework problems aren't the same.
Msot of the answers are on the back of the book, and you can apply the same method the other book teaches to the book you have.

Every one of my four calc classes had homework that was collected that was worth 10% of my grade. My roomate is taking three math classes this semester for his math minor and they all have required homework.

I've only had two classes in four years without mandatory homework and that was GenChem1/2. They were too big for the professor to actually grade the homework, so she never assigned any.

Wait for the book list and get online at half.com and pick them up. You may be able to score paperback copies for a lot cheaper than the bookstore. Check walmart.com too, I paid $70 for my unit ops book back in my sophmore year while everyone else paid $130 from the bookstore.

 

[imported_vr6]

www.campusi.com

best book search ever.

 

[Chu]

BTW, make sure you know what your lab fees are for that chem class, they can be as high as $250 at some colleges.

EDIT : And music class too

 

[Chu]

Originally posted by: Kwan1
www.campusi.com

best book search ever.

Still like addall.com better

 

[Juice Box]

Originally posted by: rossMAN
Half.com R0x

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Chu
BTW, make sure you know what your lab fees are for that chem class, they can be as high as $250 at some colleges.

EDIT : And music class too

Those have already been taken into account.

 

[CountZero]

I'd say $100 for a chem book, $100 for a math book but English is a total crap shoot. could be a couple of novels at $15 a pop or it could be some type of text + novels. I think setting aside $300 is the best way to go.

 

[cw42]

i really wish my univ didn't write their own pre-calc, calc books. it's just silly becuz the books suck, why can't we use real textbooks rawr!

 

[Kelvrick]

Chem book should be 80-120, lab manual should be maybe 10 bucks, math should be another hundred, fitness, they might make you buy some school clothing so 20-30 bucks, music, maybe 30-100 depending on if you're just getting a bunch of papers binded together or a textbook and english. Well, it might be 3-5 paperbacks at 10 bucks a pop, or a couple of those and a couple of novels at 20-30 bucks a pop. Really depends on whatever you teacher feels like.

Oh, and while you can get maybe half your money back for the chem and math book since you'll be using them for a couple classes in the same series, the books you buy in english are pretty much yours.

 

[Chaotic42]

Thanks for the replies, everyone. I went up there today, and they won't tell me which books I need until they open on the 10th. I have to give them my schedule and they hand me the books.

Sounds kind of stupid to me, but whatever.

 

[shopbruin]

what i used to do: (not recommended and should do only if you won't be caught)

there's two ways of doing this:

1. my school used to let you check out the book on reserve from the library for two hours. that's intended for people to use in the library to study from. go photocopy the pages you need and then return it.

2. i'd buy the book used and not that marked up. they had a return policy where you can return it up to two weeks after the quarter started. i would go to work and photocopy the book (or the chapters needed, as some calc classes only do a set number of chapters) and then return the book.

i actually had a professor advocate method no. 2 because we had to get a 95 dollar book when he knew he was only going to teach three chapters from it.

no. 2 i only did with smaller novels. i also didn't like marking up my books, so i would mark up the photocopies to my hearts delight. you can also get them bound at kinkos or your campus copy store so that its easier to carry around.

EDIT: i took a lot of poli sci and history classes, and they didn't use the same books from class to class. however calculus classes do tend to use the same book over and over (as long as the editions don't change) so you might be better off buying the book once and considering it an investment for the next four classes. same should go for basic chem, physics, etc.