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The main reason I hate school.

minendo

minendo

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Fundamentals of Packaging Technology ---> $132.50
Food Chemistry ---> $101.99
Food Analysis ---> $83.00
Wine Appreciation ---> $75.00

I love school.:|
 
Purdue University majoring in Food Science with a minor in Computer Technology, but Ill probably end up dual majoring.
 
Originally posted by: amdskip
My books are over $400 this semester.
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The books listed are the only ones in stock right now. I still have three lab manuals and senior design project materials to buy.

 
Originally posted by: brunswickite
you bought books online or at school book store?
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Haven't actually bought them yet. Those prices are the bookstore where my girlfriend works, so I can get a little discount there. Plus I get a discount for being a university employee.

 
Yup, books are very expensive. I'm glad that my company is paying for my tuition and books for my masters degree.🙂
 
I know how you feel....I've been lucky the last few semsters and have been using other people's books after they were through with the classes. I have to buy 2 books this semester and they're going to be around $100 total if I can buy one from a friend.... 😛 *crosses fingers*
 
I wouldn't mind paying the prices if some of the funds went towards the university, but Purdue does not have its own book store. Instead there is Follets and one other private store.
 
Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: brunswickite
you bought books online or at school book store?
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Haven't actually bought them yet. Those prices are the bookstore where my girlfriend works, so I can get a little discount there. Plus I get a discount for being a university employee.
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if u search online you probably will find them almost half the price as they were in the book store... i used www.addall.com to compare
 
Originally posted by: brunswickite
if u search online you probably will find them almost half the price as they were in the book store... i used www.addall.com to compare
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The only problem I run into is that several of the books I use are university specific and written by the professor of the class. We have a very small major and are one of the top Food Science programs in the nation.
 
I'm at $400 now and still need one more plus a laboratory kit for $150. These are even all used except one. 🙁
 
Originally posted by: MrsSkoorb
Yup, it sure adds up! When Skoorb and I have children, investment shall commence the day I find out I am pregnant!
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Is it strange that I have already started saving with my future children in mind?

 
I pay more than that each quarter sometimes. Fall quater 2002 I spent nearly 700 on books + brand new TI 92 plus calculator.


This quarter I dint have to buy a book at all. Make friends! They'll either let you borrow a textbook or sell you the book for dirt cheap of a class they already took.
 
For some reason the international versions of books are much, much cheaper than the US versions. My friend bought these in Taiwan (and they have legitimate publishers):

Microelectronics: An Integrated Approach
US: $110
Intl: ~$24

Signal Processing & Linear Systems
US: $101
Intl: ~$28

The versions are exactly the same. Of course, it's illegal to import the international versions into the US.
 
Originally posted by: majewski9
This quarter I dint have to buy a book at all. Make friends! They'll either let you borrow a textbook or sell you the book for dirt cheap of a class they already took.
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Making friends really does not help as everyone in my major keeps their books or uses them for other classes. Plus I already know everyone in my major. All of the classes I am taking are only offered in the semesters I take them. The only books I do by are the ones I know I will use and ones that I will keep for future reference.

 
Originally posted by: brtspears2
Wine appreciation!? You need a book to swish wine in your mouth and spit it?
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The book contains information about the different types of grapes, processes, history, etc.

 
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