Now that school has started.. lets see...

[The Stigenator]

who has/had to pay the most for books this semester.

I am taking 15 units and I had one book already but even so without it.. for 12 units I have to pay close to $220 for my books.. We got one teacher to drop another book in her class cause it was only 8 weeks and we dont need it that badly, plus its expensive. My cheapest book is $5.99 the most expensive one was $77

 

[HamSupLo]

what school is this?

 

[habib89]

$77??? that's it!!! that's cheaper than the cheapest used book that i needed for this semester... lucky for me my roommate took all these class before, so i didn't buy a single book.. i did buy this manual thing for my circuits class.. that cost me $30.. other than that, i spent nothing on books...

my lowest (For new) is $105 for my engineering mechanics dynamics book, highest is.. $120 for my linear circuits analysis book.. total i would have spent this semester on texts would have been $551 for new books before tax.. insane

oh.. and i'm taking 16 units.. so i'm spending $110 and change per class on books... $34 and change per unit on books and

 

[Freejack2]

$220 is cheap for 15 units(5? classes)! When I was going part time I oftentimes spent that just for books for 2 classes. My wife spends at least $400 a semester for books.

 

[brtspears2]

Erg, I dont wanna know, I'll figure it out in a week or so when I haul my arse to the bookstore.

 

[gopunk]

not me, i'm only taking 8 credits my discrete math book will be 110 bucks, 150 on amazon.

 

[The Stigenator]

^

 

[iamwiz82]

last year i spent under $200 because of half.com and amazon.com!

 

[StattlichPassat]

18 hours, $360 in textbooks.

 

[jlarsson]

15 credit hours, $520 in books

 

[stev0]

16 hours, 450 bucks

 

[stonecold3169]

16 credits, $560 total, because of course they changed editions on half my books... lets have a moment of silence for my wallet....

 

[vi edit]

My fiancee is upwards of $650. Most of her books are $150 a pop...she needed 5 of those

I'll have to take a picture of one them. That book was huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge.

 

[AreaCode707]

24 units this quarter; I'm dreading walking into the bookstore.

 

[roncarter]

most expensive here was 122

 

[habib89]

Originally posted by: stonecold3169
16 credits, $560 total, because of course they changed editions on half my books... lets have a moment of silence for my wallet....

stonecold.. most teachers will let you use old editions as long as you a) go to them and get the problem sets, b) get them from other students, c) don't do your homework, and lose out on the benefits

i have a couple older editions, and i chose to get the problems from other students... preferably from the pretty ladies.. but those don't come by too often in engineering..

 

[Atrail]

3 classes $249.09....

 

[zer0burn]

16 hrs 550 for books

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: The_good_guy
who has/had to pay the most for books this semester.

I am taking 15 units and I had one book already but even so without it.. for 12 units I have to pay close to $220 for my books.. We got one teacher to drop another book in her class cause it was only 8 weeks and we dont need it that badly, plus its expensive. My cheapest book is $5.99 the most expensive one was $77

Mine is around $500.

Taking 18 credits. All my books are new.

 

[Frosty3799]

total was like... $330 or so this time around

 

[SHoddyCOmp]

Uhhh

it was about 500 dollars for tuition and books this time.. maybe about 350 for books...maybe 450 for all my classes and anotehr 100 for total, i cant remember and frankly i dont care right now im just getting through it while i can and saving money isntead of being at a 4year college then transfering in a year or 2.