<p>I'd like to buy my books before I start, because....I could get them cheaper. Is there any way to know what I'm going to need next year?</p>
<p>I was thinking of doing the same... tried to look up the lists from the Cornell stores, but they won't put them up before the semester starts... I guess I should have looked last year while applying lol!
But yeah, if anyone could help on that one, that'll be great!</p>
<p>Go here: <a href="http://booklist.cbs.cornell.edu/rbo/tx/verify/HistLookupS.asp%5B/url%5D">http://booklist.cbs.cornell.edu/rbo/tx/verify/HistLookupS.asp</a>
That has the listing of previous textbooks for all classes.</p>
<p>This site: <a href="http://booklist.cbs.cornell.edu/rbo/tx/verify/verifications.asp%5B/url%5D">http://booklist.cbs.cornell.edu/rbo/tx/verify/verifications.asp</a> tells you what professors have submitted to the Cornell Store as the textbooks they're going to use next semester. Check that frequently as it changes throughout the summer.</p>
<p>You should check out Kraftees before classes start, they usually offer books for cheap</p>
<p>So when is it the best to start buying textbooks? Summer so we search for the best deals, or is there any danger the teacher will switch to another txtbk in the last minute?</p>
<p>but we also don't know what professors we have, do we?</p>
<p>seuferk: I guess we kind of do since there is <a href="http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/RSF7/%5B/url%5D">http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/RSF7/</a> on which we can check the courses... So we have a basic idea... Or at least I guess so???</p>
<p>hmm....there are like 15 math 191 -- and the teacher just says "staff"</p>
<p>gosh, i hope that i can figure this out.
but most of the classes do seem to have a teacher name.</p>
<p>seuferk: will you be in the eng?
Yup, I hope so too... Although engineering students should be "pre-enrolled" in math... but that won't help with the textbooks :(</p>
<p>Wait, how can we be certain that we will be taking the courses that we desire. What if the course is full by the time you apply, or there exist some minute and unknown details preventing you from registering? Then we are basically buying books based on guesses!</p>
<p>yeah, engineering</p>
<p>we could maybe..write them? I don't know what they could tell us....but I'm thinking about saying that I am really just trying to save money anyway that I can because it was a stretch for Cornell anyway and stuff. I think that all of the 191 &192 use the same thomas' calculus book(s?) there is one by weir and one by finney listed. but i saw a student on facebook with that for sale and they said that it was required for all math 191&192
i don't want to buy something that i may not need though .... hmm.</p>
<p>ktoto--we have to take a few of them no matter what.. like cs 100 (right?) and math 191-192 physics and chem if you're an engineering major. they're all required your first year</p>
<p>and eventually we'd have to take them even if we didn't get it the first semester or whatever</p>
<p>I'd say wait until you know what courses you're taking, and until you have the booklist. The tricky thing is even if you know the textbook, sometimes they switch editions and new editions could have different problems, or they could be numbered differently.</p>
<p>Kraftees in collegetown sells books a bit cheaper than cornell store, and this semester I didn't feel like paying so much so I just ordered them from Amazon when I got my booklist.. they didn't come until 1-2wks after classes started though. I don't think you'd want to do this your first semester though.</p>
<p>Could we use textbooks from the libraries until we receive those we've ordered online for instance?</p>
<p>I found from experience (in other universities) that libraries are about 5-10 years late on ordering the current textbooks. I guess the best way to escape a no-book period would be to share one with your friend..</p>
<p>if you want to find out what books you will need for fall here's what you have to do.
go to the cornell store website and click textbooks. then go to faculty (you might need a netid to do this) and then go to textbook verification. then you can pick the term, department and then class. I think info for all classes is probably up by now.</p>
<p>it's always recommended you buy your books until you actually go to your first day of class, yes cornell store is a bit expensive, but for some courses its best to buy what's listed :<</p>
<p>yeah, i looked at the textbook verification, but how do I know if I have a certain prof or not? Or do they have the same book for the classes that are the same?</p>
<p>generally, all classes under the same heading use the same books. The only place i can think that this differs in in english classes and writing seminars</p>
<p>ahhhh .... sweet. so maybe I could go ahead and get my math 191/192 books?</p>
<p>yeah. they are all definitely using Thomas' calculus....don't buy the answer book, everything is up on dc++ (i wish I knew that when I took it)
i bought mine before I came and then when I sold it back to the cornell store, I made a profit! (it was only a few dollars, but beating the system was great!)</p>