NSC and purchasing books

AllThisIsNewToMe
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 00:42:11 +0000

For the first year you should be able to get everything from Amazon or Half.com. You can google “tamu bookstore” and look up by course#/section# to get the ISBN that you need. I wouldn’t order anything but the required texts. My son is in ChemEngr and he never needs the optional books.

The first semester we saved about $600 buying used from Amazon Marketplace. You have to be careful when you order! There’s no returning those like you can with new books on Amazon. We did mess up once by ordering a Chem book that wasn’t needed (the online book was included in the electronic homework package) but that was an $80 mistake out of the $600 saved.

Agree with SEoOEZ0o, Chegg (rental) is another good option! They ship VERY quickly so you can wait to order after the first class and still have the books by the second week of school.