<p>^OP does live in India and he/she has mentioned that he/she is the only one that plans on coming to the US. I’m not sure if his/her school will have calculators available for loan.</p>
<p>Though I must agree that the TI-84 (as well as the cheaper 83, though they both work the same way; the 83 just has less memory and works a bit slower) is idiot-proof. I only used the manual at the beginning and I figured out everything else by myself.</p>