Books Budget for first year Chem E major

beth_s_mom
Fri, 24 May 2013 15:07:49 +0000

My D isn’t a Chem E major (she’s Econ/Math), but we didn’t come anywhere close to $1100 for books. I’d say it was under $400 for the year. We got most books for less than $30 - some were more like $5 plus shipping, and her Calc book was used for two semesters. The most expensive things we had to buy were access codes. Where it can get expensive is if a prof is using a new edition of a book, and in that case you could always ask if the old edition would work. We would check a variety of online sites (including Amazon, half.com and textbooks.com), and choose based on price, reviews and shipping times.