<p>i put my approved schedule in carnegie pulse
and clicked "my textbooks" and it showed
textbooks for only 3 courses out of 6 courses
i'll be registering....</p>
<p>computer skills workshop, cit first-year seminar, and english class (76-100)
→ no textbooks appeared for these courses ..
well, i guess no textbooks are necessary for cit seminar, and workshop maybe,
but how come there are no textbooks for english class?</p>
<p>check out the CMU bookstore for textbooks info...</p>
<p>DON'T TRUST WHAT THE PULSE SAYS FOR TEXTBOOKS!</p>
<p>Last year it said a Michael Crichton book was needed for physics, and Harry Potter for another class. Stick to the CMU bookstore for your info.</p>
<p>Some courses don't require textbooks. Wow.</p>
<p>ohh, i didn't know anything about cmu bookstore.. thanks!
i'll go check it right away...</p>
<p>and, when do the students usually buy textbooks? Will they be out of stock or something if i buy late, like, when I arrive on campus, or during the orientation week?</p>
<p>well, a question added!
i just visited cmu bookstore online, and was stunned to find out that THERE ARE FOUR REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS, TWO OPTIONAL, AND TWO STUDY-AID BOOKS JUST FOR PHYSICS CLASS! how can you deal with so many books for one-semester course??</p>
<p>I guess you just took an unfortunate set of courses. In my experience, it's OK if you don't have the textbooks with you in class, mostly (with the exception of physics II recitations), so you don't need to ruin your back carrying them around. Mostly professors assign reading and problems from the textbooks, so you can do those wherever you want.</p>
<p>ohhh .. okay.. i see.. thanks!</p>
<p>um... when should i buy textbooks?</p>
<p>First week of classes is a good time. That way if you decide to drop a class you won't waste money on buying the book, and also the prof might tell you what old editions, if any, are OK, or whatever.</p>
<p>If you need physics books you should buy them from me when you get to campus...</p>
<p>But, seriously, I agree with ThinkDifferent. I'd just add that it's pretty safe to buy your calculus book ahead of time because I think they've been using the same edition for awhile and aren't going to change. That said, it's really easy to buy one off of an upperclassman.</p>
<p>the new calculus one (21-122) is for $150!!!....any sellers here?!</p>
<p>make it two! i'm in 21-122 too!</p>
<p>Not all courses have textbooks. Just a warning - the bookstore is really overpriced for books. Try buying from people on campus (misc.market) or online. The Pulse (tcpulse.com) has a pretty good textbook comparison for courses - they just haven't updated their list yet since I don't think it has been finalized. Once you no longer see "* Spring 2006 textbooks given as estimate for Fall 2006 requirements" on tcpulse.com's scheduler, that means that they've got the new lists there.</p>
<p>There's always a bunch of calculus books on misc market; that's where mine came from. Also, 21-120/121/122/123/259 all use the same book, so it's possible to get 3 semesters of use out of it, which makes it not that bad.</p>
<p>CMU's bookstore is the authoritative source for what textbooks courses require. It is definitely not the recommended place to buy them from though.</p>
<p>"That said, it's really easy to buy one off of an upperclassman."</p>
<p>uhmm, seriously? because i don't want to buy from the bookstore.
aside from the misc.market.books thing is there another easy way to get books from upperclassmen, cheaper?</p>
<p>The best place is misc.market and people you already know. I've bought several things from people on misc.market, and never had a bad experience.</p>
<p>how do i access misc.market</p>
<p>i can actually see the misc.market when i log on to misc.market.
but i can see like only 10 messages. how do i see all the others? </p>
<p>edit: do i have to subscribe to it?</p>