In another attempt to cut costs at college, some students are sharing their textbooks. This option may work for some and may not work for others. You are definitely saving money by lowering your bookstore bill. You may even benefit from seeing what your partner has highlighted and noted. However, you should seriously consider your schedules and your partner’s habits before sharing a textbook.
Reasons not to share a college textbook: [click to continue…]
Buying textbooks is easily overlooked by a lot of students when preparing for an upcoming semester. Any campus bookstore is packed to the brim during the first week of classes and their supply of the books you need can vanish quickly.
If you’re a college student or will be soon, it’s important to have a strategy in the back of your mind for purchasing the textbooks you’ll need for the upcoming semester. Many students put off getting their books until the last minute or forget until they’re sitting in the first day of class, and all of a sudden need to come up with the hundreds of dollars for books needed to keep pace with the curriculum.
Here are a few tips to make sure you’re buying your textbooks in the easiest and most affordable way: [click to continue…]