<p>I'm a us citizen living abroad so I'll be on campus on the 14th, will it be possible for me to get all textbooks for these classes: math 20B, cse 8A, mud 15, ltsp 2A? Thanks for any help</p>
<p>you could but it will be much much more easier to buy it online.
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<p>You can usually find great deals on textbooks on Amazon.com or Half.com, unless of course they are custom textbooks. If they are custom textbooks, you either have to buy them from University Readers or the bookstore itself.</p>
<p>Should we buy them right now or wait until class starts? I’ve heard that some teachers don’t require the book/don’t use it for their (even though it says required)? My brother who goes to a different UC told me this, so if it’s the same at UCSD, then I would want to wait.</p>
<p>It wouldnt make sense for me to order from online since I live international. Should I just get it when I get on campus on the 14th?</p>
<p>I don’t buy my books until the first or second week of classes. My first year, no professors required bringing the textbook to class. And even though I didn’t buy my book right away, I had no conflicts with homework assignments. However, most of my purchases were either from the bookstore or amazon with student prime (free 2 day shipping).</p>
<p>Can I get the books sent to my on campus address? Would it reach in time if I ordered it on the 14th?</p>
<p>You definitely can order them to your campus address, just make sure there’s no way it’ll get there before your college starts accepting packages, because otherwise it’ll get turned back/forwarded. And that depends on where you’re ordering from and what type of shipping it is. Most sites will be able to give you an estimate.</p>
<p>It’s okay too if you don’t get the book the first two weeks of school because they’re usually on reserve at the library. I always prefer to buy my books ahead of time though because I like prereading (and the convenience, no fighting with people at the library for books).</p>
<p>You do save money if the teacher never uses the book but honestly I would rather drop $60 or even $160 for a textbook and do well than try to save a few hundred bucks and risk doing poorly in class. A hundred dollars compared to the $8000 I’m dishing out for tuition+boarding is not much.</p>
<p>Here’s a tip that been working for me. I like to go on fb and post on ucsd class of 2012-15 and post the books you need. I have bought and sold plenty of books that way. People usually give you a very good price and no shipping. I like to buy the books for the classes I know I have to take (i.e. writing, language, or math class) before the classes start if I’m buying via fb. In my past experiences buying books early works well during fall quarter, because people are putting books on reserve (you can only do that fall quarter) or going to the bookstore early/ have an extra week to ship thing before classes. I remember certain books were sold out in the beginning of welcome week. After fall quarter i like to buy books after classes have started. I hope this helps this method always works for me.</p>
<p>gswhoops,</p>
<p>unless the book is shipping locally (like from west coast area) i say go ahead and order. packages are accepted starting the 19th so if you order on the 16th, it’ll probably get there on the 21st-23rd. </p>
<p>Adamantoise,
get your math and ltsp books for sure. you might not ever open the mus book so maybe hold out on that. you might not need cse books either. if you have Ord, i heard a lot of people don’t even need to read the book bc he’s such a clear lecturer.</p>