<p>When exactly should I order them? </p>
<p>I'm waitlisted on certain classes, and not knowing whether I'll get enrolled in them makes it difficult to decide when I should purchase textbooks.</p>
<p>There is really no hurry if you are going to get them at the bookstore anyway. Many people wait until they take the first class because some books are more “optional” than others at times, and they are expensive. So they wait to see what classes they get off the waitlist for, and what the prof has to say.</p>
<p>If you were going to try and get them from alternate sources, that makes it harder of course. I think for the waitlisted classes at least you might have little choice but to go to the bookstore. Amazing to think how this will be totally moot when everything is on an e-reader.</p>
<p>will we be notified if we get off the waitlist for a class?</p>
<p>I asked my D, she didn’t know. She had no waitlist classes last year. Obviously it would be nice if someone was clever enough to program the application to send an e-mail if you came off the list, but unless someone can say one way or the other definitively, better to just keep checking. Any of you upperclassmen have experience regarding this?</p>
<p>Many of the books are completely returnable within 30 days</p>
<p>If you get off the waitlist, you will receive an e-mail saying that you have 24 hours (or something like that, I can’t remember exactly, might have been 48) to register for the class before they give your spot away to the next person on the list. So make sure you are checking your Tulane email regularly.</p>
<p>There we go, two pieces of useful info.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t get a response about getting in off the wait list, contact the professor via email, express interest in the class, and then attend the first class. The first week of classes is a kind of “shopping week” where people try out the courses and work loads, and drop/add classes fluidly. It’s always worth showing up on the first day and trying to get in. Some people wait to buy their textbooks at the bookstore, but many find it’s easier to order them online (Gibson Online –> Order Textbooks) because you don’t have to wait in (as long of) a long long line at the bookstore the first week of classes. You can always return the book if you drop a class, or buy another later if things change. Ordering ahead of time is nice because you can walk into the bookstore and walk out promptly with a box of books. There is also a renting option this year - [Textbook</a> Rental - Tulane University Bookstore Bookstore](<a href=“Textbook Rentals | Tulane University Official Bookstore”>Textbook Rentals | Tulane University Official Bookstore)</p>