Seriously. I have spent hundreds of dollars on books for my pre-req classes, 90% of which were never even used by the professor.
You can never sell them back to the school because they are going with a new edition every semester.
Now they have started this thing where they are selling the most expensive books unbound. So you have to put them in a binder. They say it saves you money ($10) but you cant sell them back and the papers tear out so easily in the binder no one wants to buy them used.
It's really starting to irritate me, I wouldn't care if the books were actually used to fork over the money, but I will spend $200/book and then the professor wants us to print us hundreds of dollars of ink/paper printing out their notes/power points because they don't like the book. Um, what?!
I was floored when in A&P I, I had to obtain a book that was not only super thin but falling apart that cost about $70 in my school's bookstore. I wound up going across the street and renting it for $20 for a book in the same condition.
My school has gotten on about students buying and using their versions of textbooks. It's a headache because they won't buy back the books themselves and it's no use selling to other students without the access codes. I'm going to have a bookcase full of liberal arts books I won't touch again that cost me nearly 200 a piece.
PS never heard of Chegg. I was told to use Amazon or Valore.
Maybe this is just my own pet peeve, but I really don't understand why people feel the need to print out power points. You can read them without printing them. Also, they tend to have fairly minimal amounts of information per page. If you really want to use power points as a study guide, you should probably copy them down by hand. The process of writing thing things down will help to implant it in your memory.
I print out all power points,and put them in my binder. I make notations in the columns as the prof goes over each in lecture. I would say a good 75% in lecture have theirs printed out
Maybe this is just my own pet peeve, but I really don't understand why people feel the need to print out power points. You can read them without printing them. Also, they tend to have fairly minimal amounts of information per page. If you really want to use power points as a study guide, you should probably copy them down by hand. The process of writing thing things down will help to implant it in your memory.[/]
It's your own pet peeve lol. I write notes on mine. When you have 30-60 or more pages of PowerPoints as it is, that's a time sucker to handwrite all of that over again AND your own notes from the lecture/book.
Specializes in Allergy/ENT, Occ Health, LTC/Skilled.
I just got my final A+P 2 grade: A -. You know many times I opened that book this semester? Zero. Professor didn't like the book. It's one of those unbound books too so can't sell it back : (. I also got a 98% in Micro and never opened it ever -- $265. Can't sell it back because they are going with a new edition (I just bought this in August). Here is what I am confused about: they tell me at the book store that the book is up to the professor...so why are they choosing these books they never use?! So done with the book store, going bargain book hunting asap.
I know the feeling. This term, I ended up not using 3 of the books I forked over my money for. So annoying...lesson learned: don't buy ahead of time!!!
And I know exactly what you mean by the unbound books.....can't re-sell them, and the darn pages ALWAYS rip...I've used 3 so far to save money. The only good thing about them is you can bring only the chapters you need, instead of carrying a lot of bulky textbooks. E-books are another option (sometimes cheaper, and you can often rent them - no risk of damaging the textbook!), but the effectiveness (e-ffectiveness? ) really depends on the type of student you are, as well as your personal preferences. In addition, some professors may not allow electronics in class.
Specializes in Allergy/ENT, Occ Health, LTC/Skilled.
I know the feeling. This term, I ended up not using 3 of the books I forked over my money for. So annoying...lesson learned: don't buy ahead of time!!!
And I know exactly what you mean by the unbound books.....can't re-sell them, and the darn pages ALWAYS rip...I've used 3 so far to save money. The only good thing about them is you can bring only the chapters you need, instead of carrying a lot of bulky textbooks. E-books are another option (sometimes cheaper, and you can often rent them - no risk of damaging the textbook!), but the effectiveness (e-ffectiveness? ) really depends on the type of student you are, as well as your personal preferences. In addition, some professors may not allow electronics in class.
I have really tried to get into using an e-textbook. I have learned how to do notes on the power point instead of writing on paper ones so I figured I could do the same with the e-book. I cant!! I don't understand why but I do not retain if we really do use the book reading it online---doesn't make sense.
I have really tried to get into using an e-textbook. I have learned how to do notes on the power point instead of writing on paper ones so I figured I could do the same with the e-book. I cant!! I don't understand why but I do not retain if we really do use the book reading it online---doesn't make sense.
That's the frustrating part for me. I like being able to write in my textbooks...and you usually just can't with e-books. However, the Kindle app (if you can get your textbook through Kindle, that is) has the option to highlight and add notes - which is very helpful! The major downside to this is typing the notes instead of writing them out. I find that I retain information much better if I write notes instead of typing them. If you happen to have textbooks (or even things like assigned readings!) in a .pdf format, however, there are MANY useful apps which allow you to write on the pages, and highlight. I use Xodo for .pdf files.
I just spent $444 for books for the first 2 classes of my MSN program....... I couldn't afford the books if I was full time. One book for Patho New edition OF COURSE was $211. My favorite is when the university has their own "special" edition.
Fortunately, my college is different. In my college every subject has a code and when student says a code number of that subject, the employee of the bookstore knows and will give the right book. When the right time to buy old book is coming, there's notification of the bookstore around the campus for the students to know. Library in college has textbooks that can be copied or scanned.
I see any textbooks I won't need again on Ebay or Amazon. I have yet to have an issue with one selling. I shop around for my current textbooks as much as possible. This semester I HAD to buy a $300 bundle for my Advanced Physiology class. My prof. HATES the textbook and we did not use it once. Now that made me mad. I plan on turning around and selling that same bundle for $250.
) really depends on the type of student you are, as well as your personal preferences. In addition, some professors may not allow electronics in class.
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I was floored when in A&P I, I had to obtain a book that was not only super thin but falling apart that cost about $70 in my school's bookstore. I wound up going across the street and renting it for $20 for a book in the same condition.
My school has gotten on about students buying and using their versions of textbooks. It's a headache because they won't buy back the books themselves and it's no use selling to other students without the access codes. I'm going to have a bookcase full of liberal arts books I won't touch again that cost me nearly 200 a piece.
PS never heard of Chegg. I was told to use Amazon or Valore.