<p>I usually don't bring them. Only if I have a period break in between classes, I might bring one of them to look at in between classes, but I usually leave them at home. </p>
<p>They can possibly get heavy (for freshman year, if you're carrying your chem and bio book, those are heavy books), but college books tend to be smaller than what you're used to in high school, especially when you get into 4000 level courses.</p>
<p>I don't bring textbooks to class, but many of my class have lecture notebooks that you buy at targetcopy or other copy places or they put notes online which I bring to class.</p>