Organic Chemistry has new textbooks
08-23-2011 at 11:42 AM
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Organic Chemistry has new textbooks
I went to the Tank today and found out that there's going to be a new textbook this year for organic chemistry, so those of you who are selling the old organic chemistry books like me... 
The lady from the Tank told me that I could take the book back to the hole in the wall for a buyback.
Just getting the info out there for those of you who are selling organic chemistry book. |
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08-23-2011 at 02:42 PM
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I know :(. I was so annoyed when I found out. After first year, they decided to change Bio and Chem editions and now this..  Thanks for the info on buyback though! 
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08-23-2011 at 02:46 PM
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I've stopped trying selling my textbooks cuz the money I get back is barely worth the effort.
Now I just put them on my bookshelf to make me look smart.
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08-23-2011 at 03:43 PM
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Just sell them on amazon, you can usually get a decent price.
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08-23-2011 at 03:45 PM
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Hopefully it's better than the Solomons and Frye version, with more practice. It was a decent text for some concepts but Organic Chemistry should be taught with problems not walls of text.
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08-23-2011 at 04:39 PM
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Hopefully I don't have to buy it
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08-23-2011 at 05:57 PM
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I knew this was gonna happen so i sold my book just after my exam for those who are taking organic chemistry during summer school.
I hate how they keep changing the books. UGHH
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08-23-2011 at 07:29 PM
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Honestly I found old tests and old assignments provided plenty of practice material for Orgo and never once did a practice question from the old textbook. Besides which the hardest questions are synthesis which can often be done in a bunch of different ways so there's not one textbook solution, besides which you can practice the longer ones with any compound and starting material without needing a textbook to tell you which ones.
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08-23-2011 at 07:46 PM
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Honestly I found old tests and old assignments provided plenty of practice material for Orgo and never once did a practice question from the old textbook. Besides which the hardest questions are synthesis which can often be done in a bunch of different ways so there's not one textbook solution, besides which you can practice the longer ones with any compound and starting material without needing a textbook to tell you which ones.
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yeah I never used my book as well, I used to make my own synthesis questions and ask my friends of how they would do it, then they would ask me synthesis questions and thats how u kinda get a sense of what to do. I also depended on old tests for practice.
The 8th edition of the book is found in thode library and can be borrowed for up to 3 weeks and you can renew multiple times if anything.
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08-23-2011 at 07:50 PM
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My favourite practice synthesis was when I figured out THC from easily available cheap starting material. It took quite a while and was probably of dubious pedagogical usefulness considering it was much longer than the questions we did but it was neat.
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08-24-2011 at 11:20 AM
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*Update
I went to the hole in the wall today and they are not buying back organic chemistry text at the moment. I doubt they ever will...
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08-24-2011 at 11:31 AM
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Time to start posting ads on the marketplace here then :p Do your damnedest to convince the lower years that older texbooks are still valid (they are!)
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08-24-2011 at 12:01 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Freak705
Time to start posting ads on the marketplace here then :p Do your damnedest to convince the lower years that older texbooks are still valid (they are!)
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are they really? |
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08-24-2011 at 01:05 PM
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are they really?
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Absolutely. I prefer buying the older editions. 99% of the time, all the new edition does is re-order a few chapters, change a few sentences here or there, or put in some new figures/pictures. The information is nearly identical, and you will save a lot of money buying older books.
I didn't even buy the Orgo textbook last year (my roommate did), so clearly I have no agenda in pushing the book on anyone :p
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11-10-2011 at 07:53 AM
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video course in organic chemistry
if u need this i can post links
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