<p>I am not planning on doing any summer programs/pre-orientation programs so I know that I will most likely register for classes during orientation. How does this work with buying books? Any suggestions on the cheapest/easiest ways to buy books while already on campus? Do students normally have any trouble registering for classes so close to the actual start date?</p>
<p>Also, I filled out my health forms online but was having a bit of trouble with the first form listed... it seems as though the only way this particular form can be marked as "complete" is if you check the box acknowledging that you do not want to receive the meningococcal vaccine. I listed that I have received the vaccine on a different form, so how do I get this first form to say "complete"? Does it matter?</p>
<p>Any advice would be appreciated! Thank you!</p>
<p>First off, don’t buy from the campus bookstore. The prices are rip-offs and the books can usually be found online on sites such as amazon for much cheaper prices. If you’re registering at orientation, you might not get your books in time for the first lecture or two, but I do believe as a washu student you qualify for expedited shipping? Either way, not having your books the first week likely will not hurt.</p>
<p>If ordering online isn’t an option, check out lock and chain. This is a student group which, among other things, arranges a market where students can buy and sell books for fairly cheap prices. (Along this same line, if you know students already at washu, see if they have any to sell you).</p>
<p>As for the health forms: I have no idea, sorry.</p>
<p>Edit: as to registration, most freshmen don’t have any problems. You can get into almost any gen Ed class, albeit not necessarily at the time you may prefer.</p>
<p>Sign up for Amazon Prime (free for six months with a .edu address, $40 a year after). You’ll get free two day shipping, and Amazon is cheapest generally. You also won’t really need them for two or three weeks.</p>
<p>Classes may or may not be a problem; you’ll have to be flexible. You can check current sizes at the courses website. Some classes or times may be full and you’ll have to find an alternative. Tell us your planned major or courses and we can help.</p>
<p>Tell us what you plan to register for, and we can make sure you’re ordering the right books/ if you will for sure get into the class. </p>
<p>Chances are, a good chunk of your classes will have a spot for you (even if not the timeslot and/or professor you want as a first choice), and you can go ahead and order your books now.</p>
<p>This way, you can buy used on amazon (or other sites) and not worry about shipping time - amazon prime doesn’t work for 2 day shipping on marketplace orders (I don’t see how that would be possible?)</p>
<p>Johnson - Amazon allows larger marketplace sellers to store their stuff at Amazon and have Amazon fulfill the orders. Marketplace has to pay for storage space and fees, but in return they don’t have to deal with shipping and their customers can get prime shipping. Most of the larger “company” resellers do this.</p>
<p>Amazon new prices aren’t bad at all either.</p>
<p>^Very true, but I’ve found that most of my books don’t yet have this option (it’s fairly new, yes? Only a year old?). And for this semester, I found that the difference between new & used was a good $70 for each book.</p>