Books Budget for first year Chem E major

aeromom
Fri, 24 May 2013 18:28:12 +0000

My S spent $426.54 fall semester and $513.14 spring semester. We found some used (cheap!) for fall semester, except made the mistake of thinking he would really need new bundles for Chem and Calc III, in order to get the right codes, etc. He thought he would use the books more, so we got complete bundles. Stupid. He didn’t use the hard books…did everything online (but different kids are different). So…we waited until school started spring semester, hoping that he would be able to get things cheaper by only buying what he needed once classes started. The Diff EQ + Linear Alg were expensive (1 you HAD to buy the book for - nothing was online); and aero engineering courses can be expensive! Sheesh. It is easy to panic and think you are better off buying everything up front, but some classes it is best to wait and see what the professor says, as there are different options. Sorry to be murky, but this has been S’s experience with it. A pricey year for us.