<p>Is it better to wait until the first day of class or buy a book right now? What do you guys recommend?</p>
<p>Havn’t bought them yet. Also i don’t know which ones to get tbh :D</p>
<p>This question has been answered countless times. It is better to wait until the first day/week of class to purchase the books.</p>
<p>@DarkPrince Why is that? When you can find out what books are required and/or optional the classes your taking through the bookstore website.</p>
<p>Its better to wait because you woudnt want to get a book that you dont need and waste money…Well it depends how sre you are of the books you need to get.</p>
<p>Bme2684, that is because some professors will tell their students that the textbook isn’t mandatory to succeed in their class because he/she will rely more heavily on lecture notes. And some professors have you buy a book just to have you read a few pages/chapters. Also, students may discover that a friend is taking the same course and will be able to share the textbook/costs. Even if you decide to purchase books online, professors will give you-the student-plenty of time to do so. There are so numerous reasons to justify purchasing books during the first day/week of classes. Now my question for you (in general) is… Why must you (the student) must purchase the books prior to the commencement of instruction?</p>
<p>I already bought mine weeks ago. I emailed my professor so I wouldnt have to run back to the dorms to make sure I got a nice used copy offline</p>
<p>@DarkPrince Im purely just basing this off of how it worked at my CC. Typically the first day of class I would say at least 30% of the class had their books, and within the end of the week most of the class did. Honestly, I just like to play it safe considering Im switching over to a quarter system and it just doesn’t seem practical to put things off like getting my books, especially when I am ordering them online.</p>