Will this work for final exam? Any ideas?

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I need about a 70% on my final exam in my toughest class to receive an A for the semester. I’ve been working my butt off for it all semester and it’s in my reach.

The final is over various parts of five chapters from the textbook, structured identically to the four exams we’ve already taken this year. I really shouldn’t have an issue, as I’ve gotten an A on three of those four exams.

Until my stupid self lost my textbook, the real only way to study for the exam. I’m kind of freaking out. I really want to get an A in this class, it would give me all A’s for the first time since like 4th grade. But the exam will be hard I’m sure.

I found a textbook online that isn’t the same one, but is similar. Like the stuff I need to learn for chapter 14 in my book is in chapter 17 of this book. My textbook for the course is Campbell Biology in Focus, 1st edition. This one is “Campbell Biology 9th edition”… They’re structured pretty differently.

Do textbooks and their content stretch far different from each other? Do you have any other ideas? The prof said she MIGHT make us a study guide, and the powerpoints we take notes from are posted online, but they’re pretty rough outlines, and they’re too vague to entirely focus study on.

I’m so mad at myself. Just couldn’t make finals week easy on myself.

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Does your school’s library have textbooks? I think it depends more on how the professor’s lectures and notes seem to match up with this new textbook. Generally, though, if you know what topics you need to study, another textbook should be fine, even if the material is in different places.

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  1. See if anyone in your dorm has taken the class last year and still has the book
  2. Talk to your professor and tell them your issue and if they have an extra book
  3. See if there is a book on reserve at the library
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Could you photocopy any parts you need from a classmate’so book?

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I do see this edition available at http://www.amazon.com/Campbell-Biology-Focus-Lisa-Urry/dp/0321813804, starting at about $40 used. Reasonably expeditious shipping cost will, of course, add to that. Plus there’s a renting option.

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@OnMyWay2013 @bopper @NorthernMom61 @jjwinkle I ended up studying from the book I found online. It was kind of confusing because chapters and sections were a bit scattered, but I got a 96% on the final! :open_mouth:

Thank you all for your help!

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Great! Glad it worked out for you. Sorry you lost the book in that now you can’t sell it back to the bookstore.