[incomplete]

can anyone give me an estimate of how much college books cost?
i'm a political science major...so i'm taking classes like American Government,
Psychology, Writing, and English this coming fall.

[butterfly28]

I'm also a polisci major...polisci/anthropology double major to be exact. I spend around 800-1000 on books per year. my freshmen year I spent about 1000, but that's because I took some psych courses that required thick-arse textbooks. I find that my classes don't require a lot of thick textbooks, but small books/course readers that cost "relatively little"...but multiply that by 15 four times and you'll see a major drainage in your bank account!

I feel bad for my pre-med/hard science major friends...they got it really bad so I guess we can consider ourselves "lucky".

[MeijerBranTM]

i so far have spent 400 dollars and i still have 2 more classes to buy books for. this is for four classes... so, it's expensive but not all that bad.

[YellohSwtTart]

i'm a science major and i think this semester my books will cost about $200-250, which is pretty good. last semester i think i spent about $400. shop around and look for the best deals and definitely get used books. most of the time you can get one edition older for like, 70% less, and one edition isnt that much of a difference anyway.

[vc1188]

I haven't gotten my books yet, but my friend who only bought USED books spent $600. crazy.

[losborrachos]

yeah, about $600 if you buy them in the bookstore... buying online would help reduce the cost though...

[Trungy]

It really depends on the school that you attend. At my school, paying more than $400 is pretty bad. However, I work at the Boston University bookstore, and I have seen courses that cost that much.

There is a good chance that you'll pay a good buck for a psychology book (or two) and you might shell out some money for an American Government textbook as well, but for writing and English, you'll probably be required to purchase a bunch of small paper back books (novels, classic plays, poems, etc). For a writing class, be damn sure that you'll be required to buy a MLA book (if you already have one lying around from high school, then you're set).

A rough estimate off the top of my head would say that you're looking down the barrel of ~$300, $400 tops.

As long as you are not taking graduate level courses where there are 4 different major textbooks required that all cost more than $100 used, then you don't have all that much to worry about. Consider anything less than $500 a good price for a semester's worth of books. I know plenty of schools where people pay up to a grand for books.

[eelijnim]

you can save about half, or maybe even more, the amount of money you spend at a bookstore if you were to buy online (from my experience)..depending on the book though i suppose

[Fui]

Last year, I spent about $700-$800 worth of books.
For the three books you've listed, you're looking around $500-$600.
It will also depends on your college.

[Laxntiga]

I'm an econ and chinese double major. I average around 400 dollars each semester.

['Noche.]

If I bought my books all new and from the school bookstore, it would have cost me ~$600. I'm an English major. But it was first year.

Anyway, I got some of my novels from the library (just borrowed it). The editions weren't always the same, but sometimes that doesn't matter. And I got some used. I ended up spending about $500.

[pink1e]

depends on each professor how many books they require..
i usually spend 300~600 a semester on USED books.. if you want new you're looking at 600+

[JESS.]

buy them online.. they are MUCH MUCH cheaper.. (only if you don't care about the condition of the books) but still.. so far i've only spent..

chem book- $20 (black and white version but who cares)
math book- $50 (NEW)
bio book- $95 (NEW)
chem and bio lab books- $50 (i had to buy them @ school)

the chem and bio books can be used 3 times and math book can be used 5 times.

[hiien]

i will buy my book tomorow.
well im taking 4 classes and i only need 6 books. so it costs me around 300ish for used books. i think it's pretty good because compare to other, im way lucky than them. lolz.

btw, if i want to buy online, which one should i buy from? ebay? amazon? any others?

[Battle Cat]

they average around $100 per book

[BloodPrincessShiroto]

I spend around $600-$800 for books, but if you really need to you can always buy the books used.

[KooZyAnn]

So far for 4 classes I have spent 303$. I recommend buying books online rather than from the bookstore. addall.com is a great website.

[josebiwasabi]

i'm a bio major, but this semester i'm taking bio, chem, international relations, and writing, and i'm going to spend about $450 on my books.

[KeepinItReal]

lmao with those classes, I say about 400-500 bucks.
I think there are sites where you can buy used college books for cheapand even out of country that sells these books for even cheaper. I forgot the urls but I'll post it up when I remember em.

[bluesky19]

freshman year i spent like $1000 on books. it was crazy. i learned after my 1st yr in college....either buy books off upperclassmen, or online. sometimes, you could just go to the library, grab the textbook you need, & just photocopy the pages that you need.