In my first year, since I was a huge noob, I bought all my textbooks (new) before classes even started. This was one of my biggest mistakes lol. Some books I rarely used. I wasted a ton of money.
When second year rolled around I learned my lesson so I waited till first week of Sept. to buy stuff. I asked upper years what they thought was important from their experience and things like that so I knew what to avoid buying. I saved a TON of cash in second year.
So I suggest you wait until your first few classes to buy things. Right now though you can maybe ask second years what they thought was important for the classes you are taking right now so you can get an idea of what to focus on getting. Check reviews on the course or maybe email the prof. If a book turns out to be absolutely neccessary then look on titles classifieds, macinsiders marketplace, facebook etc. for that book to get a good deal now.
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Last edited by AnguishedEnd : 08-31-2010 at 03:47 PM.
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