Friday, December 27, 2013

Why You Should Join A College Club


by Jim Thorpe


As students, we already have to pay the cost of tuition, housing, and food. It doesn't help our expenses when we have to pay for textbooks on top of it all. If you buy them at full price from your local campus bookstore, it is not entirely surprising for the cost to go upwards of $1,000. There is a better way

Not only is there a different way to pay for textbooks, there is a much cheaper way as well. The trick is to sign up for your classes early and be sure to check your booklists to see exactly what you will need. If your professors have yet to post them, try emailing them to see if they will. Timing. Supply and demand: book prices tend to go up right at the beginning of a typical semester when most college students are looking for the same text. Be sure to avoid these times such as January and August, and buy the books earlier.

These are common concerns due to the fact that while some parts of college may seem straightforward, other aspects may not. For example, a student of a business management degree may well understand the teaching of economics and management while wondering why they have been tasked with group work on the side.

Another way to cut down on costs is by buying used textbooks online. Typically they can be found at much lower prices for a good condition. If you are willing to buy older editions that do not have many additions to the subject, you could even find prices as cheap as one dollar. There can be other benefits to buying used, as well. Most people do not want to buy textbooks with notes already in them, but the notes can actually tell you what others have found to be important to study in the text. It's almost like having a study buddy.

Rent

If you want to save money and don't plan on keeping your own personal copy of the textbook after taking the class, such as the textbooks for the required general education classes, you are sometimes offered the alternate choice of renting textbooks. It costs less money and allows you to return it when you are done.

Buy locally

Search your local bookstores or textbook sellback locations to see the prices of books there. This option allows you to save on shipping prices as well as support your local businesses.

Students are often reluctant to embrace such work, since it involves creating some kind of ad hoc hierarchy, creating schedules, and assigning responsibilities. This arrangement forces individuals to come up with structure without the direction of their professor.

There are other ways to save on shipping, including joining Amazon student membership which gives you free shipping in under 2 days. Other textbook websites often have deals on certain textbooks and you can request to receive email updates about these books online. Don't forget to use your friends as resources and request to either buy books from them at a reduced price or do a textbook trade.

At California College San Diego we offer healthcare, technology, graphic arts programs, and business marketing degrees, and we want you to get the best deal you can on textbooks.




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