<p>Yea, I would say wait until you hear what your professor wants. It’s true that textbooks are cheaper if you buy them beforehand, but better to know what exactly you need to buy and buy it, rather than waste money and time getting the wrong edition.</p>
<p>And yea, honestly, if you’re willing to go to the library everytime you need a textbook, you can scrape by without buying the textbook. </p>
<p>I just bought my books for this fall quarter (they probably work for winter and spring as well) just because they were cheap… $10, $30 and whatever a 6BL lab manual costs. Just see how much your books are, and base your decisions on that.</p>