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How much are you spending on textbooks this semester?

Postby Bluth Corporation » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:13 pm

$835.65
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Postby Hydesland » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:14 pm

What do you study?

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Postby Hydesland » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:14 pm

Oh and: no idea yet.

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Postby Bluth Corporation » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:16 pm

Majoring in history, economics, and philosophy, and minoring in classics.

I'm taking 21 hours this semester, though four hours (two classes) are music ensembles that have no books, and two is a P.E. class that also has no books.
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Postby Nadkor » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:16 pm

Probably a couple of hundred pounds. Not looking forward to it.
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Postby Hawkryl » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:16 pm

almost 400 for three classes, should be getting about 180ish back with the states refund system.
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Postby Rhodmhire » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:17 pm

$1

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Postby Delaclava » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:17 pm

Almost $1,000, including one that's $155.
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Postby Rhodmhire » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:19 pm

Nadkor wrote:Probably a couple of hundred pounds. Not looking forward to it.


Well doll, ya' better lay off the McDonalds and get on that treadmill, pronto!

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Postby Taeshan » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:28 pm

Well i didn't have to buy Texbooks, but if i did a lot.

For school my parents have had to shell out 200 bucks at least this year for Honors English, and Ap World and school suplies.
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Postby Nadkor » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:43 pm

Delaclava wrote:Almost $1,000, including one that's $155.


Christ, what subject do you do?
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Postby Nadkor » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:44 pm

Rhodmhire wrote:
Nadkor wrote:Probably a couple of hundred pounds. Not looking forward to it.


Well doll, ya' better lay off the McDonalds and get on that treadmill, pronto!

*comedic drums*

Fail + Pun = Fun..oh another one

*comedic drums*

I'm not very good at this...that's why I let Jerry Seinfeld write all my jokes for me.

*comedic drums*


I think I just saw a tumbleweed :p
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Postby Hydesland » Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:44 pm

Nadkor wrote:
Delaclava wrote:Almost $1,000, including one that's $155.


Christ, what subject do you do?


I swear academic books are way more expensive in the USA.

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Postby FreeSatania » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:04 pm

Haven't you people discovered the photocopier yet? I almost never buy the required text books and have only met one professor who insisted that I did. I've probably saved thousands this way...

PS, I study computational linguistics.

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Postby Rhodmhire » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:07 pm

Nadkor wrote:
Rhodmhire wrote:
Nadkor wrote:Probably a couple of hundred pounds. Not looking forward to it.


Well doll, ya' better lay off the McDonalds and get on that treadmill, pronto!

*comedic drums*

Fail + Pun = Fun..oh another one

*comedic drums*

I'm not very good at this...that's why I let Jerry Seinfeld write all my jokes for me.

*comedic drums*


I think I just saw a tumbleweed :p


Well...I thought the Jerry Seinfeld one was at least...

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Postby Soviet Taoistan » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:53 pm

About $250 during my last semester, though most of my textbooks were anthropology paperbacks bought used online. Best thing about anthro and religious studies is that the traditional textbook dies after the basic courses and afterwards it is all market paperbacks and course readers. :D

... not looking forward to the cost of book for law school though. :(

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Postby Christmahanikwanzikah » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:32 pm

On the quarter system, and I'll probably spend $400 this quarter.

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Postby Fleckenstein » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:42 pm

Around $300 for 15 credit hours. . .Online classes rock. More time for varsity fencing and club soccer practice.
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Postby Dakini » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:46 pm

$0!

At least for required textbooks. The perks of being a PhD student and finishing classes last year.

I might still buy some textbooks though.

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Postby Maurepas » Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:48 pm

I havent picked them up yet, but, assuming I can actually rent them all from the bookstore (Ive only ever had to buy one) then $120.00 which was the rental fee....

And seeing yours, makes me, :D

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Postby Soviet Taoistan » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:10 pm

Maurepas wrote:I havent picked them up yet, but, assuming I can actually rent them all from the bookstore (Ive only ever had to buy one) then $120.00 which was the rental fee....

And seeing yours, makes me, :D


You can rent textbooks? What school do you go to and can grad students take part in this wonderment?! :bow:

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Postby The South Islands » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:16 pm

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Postby Maurepas » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:18 pm

Soviet Taoistan wrote:
Maurepas wrote:I havent picked them up yet, but, assuming I can actually rent them all from the bookstore (Ive only ever had to buy one) then $120.00 which was the rental fee....

And seeing yours, makes me, :D


You can rent textbooks? What school do you go to and can grad students take part in this wonderment?! :bow:

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, MGCCC, Its only a 2-year Community College though...I think the Jackson County campus has a Southern Miss branch though, presumably books can be rented there I think...

I think they can in South Alabama too...those are the only campuses I have any knowledge of though, :lol2:

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Postby Parthenon » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:25 pm

Lets just say that they are costing me more than my best pair of cufflinks. :/
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Postby Rosbaningrad » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:36 pm

Somewhere between 450-500 dollars for four classes, chemical engineering.
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