You pay tuition and textbooks aren't even included?!?!?! What an outrage you say! Well, even though this is muttered all across the country, it is true. Most colleges and unversities do not cover textbook costs, so it is up to you to purchase them! They do not come cheap, however. Here I have listed a few options the student has in purchasing (or not) their textbooks for the semester:
1. Buy them from the bookstore- This is the worst case scenario in my opinion. The school bookstore tends to overprice EVERYTHING, so you will most likely be paying between $100-160 for a textbook, new or used. Consider this a last resort of you cannot follow my other suggestions.
2. Rent them off of Chegg- Surprisingly, not many people know about this method, even though it is quite simple. My spanish teacher from highschool (shoutout to Senora Rodriguez) turned me to this website, called chegg.com The idea is easy, just pay a fraction of the price you would pay to buy a textbook to instead RENT it for a semester. You are given up until the end of May to return the book for the Spring Semester, and it saves you a boatload of money. Students have saved over 100 million dollars since the site opened, and Chegg plants 1 tree for every book you rent! Look at that, they even help the environment! Renting saves you hundreds of dollars a semester, and I highly recommend this method. The only downside is you cannot write or highlight the book.
3. Buy/Borrow from a Friend- If you know someone who has taken the same class, simply ask if you can buy or borrow the book from them!
4. Purchase USED from Barnes and Nobles- Barnes and Nobles usually gives good deals on USED books. This method is cheaper than buying from the bookstore.
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