Textbooks--pay attention freshmen

Michael_Woods
Fri, 24 Aug 2007 04:37:55 +0000

I’ve seen a couple of threads about freshmen textbooks, and I’d like to touch on that subject briefly before passing along an important piece of info.

First of all, you really don’t need to worry about getting textbooks in advance. The bookstore has plenty of copies about them, and the first week or two aren’t bad (i.e.- if you decide to order online when you arrive at Caltech, you’ll be fine). Really. Trust me on this.

Now, the important bit. If you like buying new textbooks (a practice that I tend to prefer, as I’m planning on keeping my textbooks more or less forever), you can buy them at the Caltech bookstore. The big deal is that the Caltech bookstore will do price matching with “buy.com, amazon.com, ecampus,.com, barnesandnoble.com, textbookx.com, biggerbooks.com, and walmart.com” All you have to do to get the discount is to print out the online ordering page (make sure you get the ISBN) and bring it with you when you go to purchase the textbooks. You can save a bundle on buying new textbooks this way and get the benefit of searching through the stack of books for that particular one in the very best shape (yes, I know, I’m particular about books…).