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Originally Posted by googley
I just read in the graduate newsletter that we are allocated $30/credit hour for textbooks. I have one four credit class (=$120 for financial aid for the textbooks) where the textbooks cost $400. WTH! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!
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Googley, that's NUTS!
I'm in a total of five classes this ONE semester - textbooks cost me $600! That's the cost for USED TEXTBOOKS. It's only six books too. Thankfully I'm getting two from a friend for $150 instead of $200 so I save SOME money but still!
I'm scared about next semester, if it's a similar price range again...
When you sell them back (if you choose to do so, and your college/university has the option) you get a LOT less money back. I think at my university it's about 20-30%