Book-smart freshmen: One of many valuable pieces of advice
Books. Very important you would think (and you are correct). We all try to mentally prepare ourselves for a swift kick in the pocket book upon our first semesters purchase, and as I like many others, stood in line for just some small things I watched other fellow freshman trying to adjust to the weight of the books. The pre-med majors better start hitting the gym I thought and also considered how the weight of my tiny summer’s work paycheck compared to the novels, guides, and texts that I would be trading it in for.
So here’s the advice: it’s only your first semester so trying to find your books online could be problematic (tried that last semester wrong one) because then you may not even have the same page numbers. As a freshman, surprisingly you actually have a small advantage. You will more than likely have to take most of the same classes as your peers. Once you have met some new friends (don’t worry you will) then you are probably aware of the fact that you may have some of the same or also opposite classes. After your first semester you are more equipped to know which books you may need for the next one and borrowing is a GREAT option. I have even gone as far as to think of next year. I will be passing on my math book I bought from a friend to another one who will be taking the course in the fall, and she will hopefully give me her texts for religion. So overall, learning this helpful tool has cut my spending costs for books in fourths compared to the last semesters.
Thinking about it abstractly I learned as much from the books as I did about how to best acquire these books. Wow, now thats some deep Cobber learning.