<p>When and where can we buy books?</p>
<p>Can I possibly order the books online and pick them up in-store when I get to campus on the 30th?</p>
<p>Which of the campus book stores is best to buy from or should we also consider buying from other retailers?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Don't buy books from the bookstores, they are super expensive. You don't need to buy them before you get there, you can buy them sometime within the first week or two of class. There is a student book exchange at the beginning of the semester where you can buy used, cheap books. Go to the bookstore (Union, book&supply, or ulrichs --> they are all the same prices, pretty much) to get the names of your books and then buy them from amazon or half.com. You'll save A LOT.</p>
<p>use his site to find the books you need for your classes: <a href="http://umichigan.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage?storeId=28052&catalogId=10001%5B/url%5D">http://umichigan.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/BNCBHomePage?storeId=28052&catalogId=10001</a></p>
<p>Well it turns out that Econ 101 Section 100 is the only Fall class that requires textbooks...</p>
<p>(My other classes/credit hours are Comm 102, German 325, Econ 108, and UROP)</p>
<p>Can I order online from Amazon or Half.com and have it shipped to my college address? How does that all work?</p>
<p>Also do people buy in advance for potential Winter classes or do they usually wait till they have actually registered for specific classes? </p>
<p>On a related note, when is Winter registration for LSA freshman? I hope to get a jump start on registering, so I get good timings.</p>
<p>EDIT: would like to add, can you just walk in to say Ulrich's or any other campus book store during Welcome week and pick up your books (this is a worst case/emergency option for me)?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Yes, you can have things shipped to your dorm. You just put the dorm's address and information in (available at <a href="http://www.housing.umich.edu%5B/url%5D">www.housing.umich.edu</a> if you find "residence hall overview"). In the second address line you would put your house name and room number. For example, something sent to me at South Quad last year would've been:</p>
<p>Dilksy
600 E Madison
Huber House 8808
Ann Arbor, MI 48109</p>
<p>It will be kept at the front desk, and you'll get a slip in your mailbox letting you know you have a package to pick up at the front desk.</p>
<p>Always wait until you know you're registered for a class and you're sure the book is going to be actually used for the class before you buy it (unless you have reasons outside of class to have the book).</p>
<p>Sometime in November (maybe even October) you'll be assigned a registration date. At least in the past, people were divided into groups based on number of credits, and then randomly assigned a date/time they could start to register online. So basically people with something like 90+ credits would be assigned a time in the first two days, then people with 70-90 credits would be given a registration time in days 3-4, and so on. You'll know about your registration date well enough in advance to pick out a schedule and even come up with contingencies if certain classes or discussion sections fill up.</p>
<p>The list of classes for winter term will be officially posted on October 17th here (<a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eregoff/schedule/)%5B/url%5D">http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/schedule/)</a>. You may notice the names of the pdf files with the list of courses and times for each term follows a simple pattern (FA2006, WN2007, etc). A few weeks before the schedule officially goes on that website and is linked to, they will have a mostly-complete copy of the pdf file located at <a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Eregoff/timesched/pdf/WN2008.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.umich.edu/~regoff/timesched/pdf/WN2008.pdf</a> , if you feel like getting a headstart.</p>
<p>And yes, you're able to just walk into one of the bookstores during welcome week and pick up books, though as others have indicated you're usually better off ordering them online (except for classes where you have materials which aren't easily purchased online). Some classes don't have books but instead of coursepacks, which is basically a whole bunch of different materials photocopied together. Often times, professors will just try and copy relevant sections from various books instead of burdening students with buying a whole lot of books.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.addall.com%5B/url%5D">www.addall.com</a> is probably the best online resource.</p>
<p>To be honest, I found that half the time I didn't even need to buy books for certain classes. Take a look at your syllabus and judge for yourself. Last semester I think I spent only $100 on books.</p>
<p>Econ 101 -- the book is the same for every section, and you do need a book.</p>
<p>Comm 102- you need a book for that class too, can't remember the title of it.</p>
<p>Yes, you can order from half/amazon and just enter your dorm address as your shipping address, it's pretty easy.</p>
<p>check out the student book exchange during the first week of class - <a href="http://www.umich.edu/%7Esbe/%5B/url%5D">http://www.umich.edu/~sbe/</a></p>
<p>is it okay to wait till the first week in class and see what the prof recommends?</p>
<p>yup, a lot of students do that. Sometimes the prof will even say you don't really need the book, so don't bother buying it.</p>
<p>so its ok going to first day of class without any books right?
how do you know which books to get anyway? does the professor put the syllabus online or something?</p>
<p>Yes, it's ok to go in without any books.</p>
<p>Either look at post #3, or go look in the bookstores. Professors usually submit their course texts to the bookstores early in the summer so they have time to order them all.</p>
<p>yeah, syllabus shoudl be posted on ctools..if not already, than soon. It'll tell you on that what books to buy. Your books will be listed here too - <a href="http://umichigan.bncollege.com/webap...atalogId=10001%5B/url%5D">http://umichigan.bncollege.com/webap...atalogId=10001</a></p>
<p>You should check around - some of the prices were at least 10% cheaper on Amazon than bn or other michigan bookstores.</p>
<p>Quick question -- if we're required to get the "Michigan" version of the book, do we really need it? This whole concept sounds like such a scam to me and I don't want to support it at all...</p>
<p>-GF</p>
<p>Gamefreak, I've never even heard of a "Michigan" version of a book. Is this something that was in the syllabus?</p>
<p>Here is what I'm talking about (emphasis mine):</p>
<p>"The required textbook for CHM 130 is Ebbing/Gammon, "General Chemistry", 8th edition, Media Enhanced Edition, custom edition for the University of Michigan. This edition has been specially designed to save students money, by:
- including textbook material that corresponds precisely to the course syllabus
- including the partial solutions manual under the same cover.
The textbook will be available at all of the Ann Arbor campus bookstores shortly before Fall Semester classes begin."</p>
<p>-GF</p>
<p>Going by that description it sounds like you could buy the normal edition and not miss anything.</p>
<p>I would definitely go with the Michigan version of the book.</p>
<p>It sounds like the professor has the textbook set up to cut out any stuff that's not needed (somewhat like a coursepack). Seems to me this would be cheaper, and is specifically designed for the course. Unless the price difference is significant I'd go with the UM version.</p>
<p>Don't forget about coursepacks folks. If your course requires one, it'll be available at one of the several affordable book vendors in Ann Arbor <em>cough</em>.</p>