<p>Could someone please give me an estimate for the cost of books each semester of freshman year (for an engineering major)? Thanks!</p>
<p>It really depends on a lot of things. If you buy then at the bookstore, you can be looking at 3-4 hundred USD a semester. I usually ordered my books online used or bought them from other students.</p>
<p>The latter is slightly harder in your first semester, but you can try The SA textbook marketplace… ([Welcome</a> to TextbookMadness.com | Textbook Madness @ Rice University](<a href=“http://textbookmadness.com/]Welcome”>http://textbookmadness.com/) apparently this is what they use now)</p>
<p>I ended up spending about 100-200 USD a semester. I also took 6-9 classes a semester, so I needed more books</p>