<p>The required books are listed online on ISIS, but is it an accurate listing?</p>
<p>Yes. That’s the accurate list. And whatever you do, don’t buy the textbooks at the bookstore, ever. Save some money and get them on amazon; specially if you have financial aid…</p>
<p>Also, unless you Know for a fact you’ll need it AND you are definitely not going to drop the class, don’t buy any book until you get to the class. usually on the 1st day, the prof will tell you whether or not you actually need it, and talk to other students who have taken the class before. sometimes they list books as being required, and then you’ll never even need to open the cover to pass the class.</p>
<p>posting to emphasize what glasswright said: the listing is <em>not</em> necessarily accurate and it worth waiting for in most cases.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone. MAKE SURE YOU NEED THE BOOK BEFORE YOU BUY IT. Sometimes professors recommend a book, but you don’t need it at all. <em>coughSLScough</em> Also, do not buy from the bookstore- they will just try to take your money. There is a Facebook group called the UF textbook exchange. I buy all my textbooks from there. Its the easiest way for me because you don’t have to pay shipping or anything. Just meet up and do the switch. I’ve been thinking about renting my textbooks for next year as well. However, there are some students who are willing to sell their textbooks cheaper than the rental price.</p>
<p>So when you say check if we need the book before buying, will it ship from Amazon or w/e in time?</p>
<p>depends on when ‘in time’ is. most classes don’t have daily graded homework from the textbook, and can wait a few weeks. the only class i had that had daily graded homework from day 1 was a language class, but that was likely the teacher and not the class.</p>
<p>Just do the math before you rent a textbook… to me the market is kind of a scam. For example I just looked up a book on Chegg.com that is renting for 67.99. I just looked on half.com and I can buy that same book for 69 dollars. With the rental you get no money back, with the book you buy you can sell that same book and probably get your 69 dollars back at the end of the semester seeing as the average price on half.com right now is about 75 dollars. Maybe it’s worth it to some people because they don’t want the hassle of selling a book back, and I’m sure there are times where the rental price might be lower, but most times when I do these price comparisons I find it’s kind of a rip off.</p>
<p>I know you can defer your financial aid when you buy the textbooks through UF, but how would that work if you wish to buy the books on half.com or amazon?</p>
<p>First off, set your fin aid for direct deposit… Here’s how it works, to buy the books with your fin aid you have to go online and print a book voucher and only the bookstore will accept that voucher. Fin aid funds are released a couple of days after the initial drop deadline, then your fin aid funds will be applied to whatever your tuition balance is depending on what classes you stayed in and didn’t drop (usually a week after the beginning of the semester), and then the bookstore gets paid off too for whatever books you bought with that voucher. After your tuition and bookstore is covered, whatever is left goes to your bank… </p>
<p>What you want to do is find out what books you actually are going to use, go online or somewhere else and buy them way cheaper and pay out of your own pocket, that way your Fin Aid will ONLY pay for the tuition, and what’s left will go to your bank. This way you will get enough fin aid to cover what you spent on books, plus a little extra; about $300-$500 more than if you were to buy the books at the bookstore with your book voucher. </p>
<p>Hope I didn’t type this too confusing…</p>