<p>Just wondering how much would the costs for books and supplies be for one academic year at UCLA? I am doing a Statistics major with mostly Stats and Maths courses. The estimate from UCLA website is around $1,500 is it a realistic figure? Are there any ways that I could keep down these costs? Thanks!</p>
<p>Also, any place to buy second hand text books needed for courses?</p>
<p>I only spent roughly 600 on textbooks throughout the whole year, still a bit high, but I always search ebay, and 99% of the time the edition doesn’t matter, so go for older ones. Also, if available, get an international version rather than the US version - it’s like 1/3 of the price for the SAME EXACT BOOK. You’re stats and math, so I believe at least for the 31-32-33 series, you use the same book for each series (each is 2 classes), so that helps.</p>
<p>If you procrastinate, you can buy used texts from Textbook Plus in Westwood. I suggest searching early (before mid-August) on half, amazon, and ebay to find the best deals on your texts. There is no reason not to search online especially since the bookstore lists the ISBNs now ;)</p>
<p>I’m completely unsure as to whether or not this is done at UCLA but my previous college professors kept all text books on reserve in the library.</p>
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<p>Most of the texts for lower division courses are kept on reserve in the library with a 2 hour check-out limit. </p>
<p>And I don’t understand the idea of textbook rentals… you pay $90-100, use the book, then send it back without getting any money back. Why not buy and sell from amazon/half so that you can get most (>90%) of your money back?</p>