cost of books this expensive??

I start this fall and the costs for all my books just for Intro to Nursing is a little over $450...for just one class!!! I wish it was only $250 so consider yourself one of the lucky ones

Were they all required for the course? Or were there a few that were just recommended?

Wow, thats totally unfair...I guess it depends on the course, but I don't see how a student would be able to read 10 books in a semester for one class!! Thats insane!

Oh man, reminds me of undergrad. English major, five classes, 8-10 novels for each class for ONE semester. Sheesh.

The total for books for intro to nursing class at my school totals $650 (only the required books btw). BUT you use a lot of those books for subsequent classes as well so it at least works out a little bit. I was actually okay w/ that considering that I took three classes this summer at the CC and ended up w/ $450 in books, only one of which I will probably keep after the classes are over! I about puked!

My school lists the first semester books at $700! For 2 classes! At our college bookstore there is an entire row (about 5 ft long) of books for first semester students. And they are all required. I don't see how I could possible use all those!

You know what gets me- I spend about $600 a semester on books (for 5 classes) and then when I sell then back I usually get $110 back then the next semster I see they took $10 off the price I bought them for last semsester! Talk about Profit!

Make friends with someone in your class, and make a deal that you'll buy half and they'll buy half, and you all will share back and forth. That's what we had to do in my CRNA program, where the routine textbook is 150+, and we need 10-12 a semester.