<p>hey,
i'm working on my financial aid award and trying to figure out if i need to take out any loans. ucla estimates that the students will spend about 1500 for books. can anyone please tell me how much they really spent on books their freshmen year? i'm hoping to spend no more than 1000. thanks.</p>
<p>it really depends what major you are....north campus books are usually much cheaper than south campus books. I took chem, math , and english my first quarter and the math and chem books were 150 and 200 dollars respectively....and my english book was only 45. Make use of Amazon and things like that because it really takes off the cost of a book you would otherwise find at the ucla store for much more.</p>
<p>my net cost for textbooks was about $550 my first year. amazon, and half are awesome. i only bought books from UCLA when i couldnt find them anywhere online.</p>
<p>wow vtec, you posted 600+ times. too much time on your hands? haha. and person who needs a lollipop, what kind of id is fafefel or whatever haha.</p>
<p>does anyone know how/where to find out what books you'll need for particular classes?</p>
<p>sofakingwangsta, i don't believe the textbook list is available yet for fall. it'll probably be up closer to September.</p>
<p>yeah, i dont think its up yet. but you check by going to uclastore.com and going to the textbooks section. select your term and login, then it will give you alll the books you need for the classes you enrolled in. there an ISBN trick where you look at the page source of the page that lists all the books, and you can pull all the ISBNs from there so you can be sure you're getting the right book off amazon/half/whatever. :)</p>
<p>smiles, you're just mad because i have more posts than you. :D please refrain from posting useless comments that have nothing to do with the thread. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I'm looking at the Math 3A book from one of the summer sessions. (Neuhauser, 2nd ed., pub. 2003) Does anyone know if UCLA will switch editions for the Fall Quarter? I asked my dad and he said that the average lifespan of a textbook is usually 3-4 years. Thanks.</p>
<p>I just don't want to pass up this great deal on Half.com. =)</p>
<p>just relax for right now. the textbook store told us that the list for all the courses will be put up on the website august second.</p>
<p>sometimes newer editions don't really matter except for the problem sets...I have bought older editions at much cheaper prices before and just copied the problems in the back of the book from a friend.</p>
<p>oh and I kick all of your asses in post count...kthanxbi :)</p>