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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
Just something I have learned, don't buy the text books. The amount of money I have wasted buying books which are no use to me is probably over $400-500 (most of that being during the first 2 semesters).
Going into my 3rd year I still slack off like crazy and wait until the last minute for all my big projects, but that probably won't stop now as I have been doing that for over a decade now.
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Originally Posted by oilers_fan
Great advice.  |
Depending on the class, it can be if money is tight.
From my experience, any Social Science class pretty much outright requires the textbook or you will be taking a huge hit in marks.
Math classes will work without the text but most times you are just causing yourself more work to find the correct information and apply it. For example: try finding a good set of calculus problems of the appropriate difficulty to do on the subject matter taught in the previous week of classes that makes sense over doing the nice list the prof has compiled on the course outline.
Computer Science classes are hit and miss about the text, it really depends on the prof but most of the time I wouldn't buy the text unless it is a theory class.
I assume a natural science class would fall somewhere between these 2 extremes.
A better solution is to always know what textbooks the class needs and send an email to your prof a week+ before lectures start and ask them if a previous edition would be appropriate. Most of the time it is, and you can get your textbook for $10-$40 and the only real cost is the shipping time - so make sure you order before class starts!