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By Dino Ramos
THE BATTALION
The time has come for Texas A&M students
to haul their excess baggage up to their dorms,
stand in long lines for tuition payments and, of
course, buy overpriced books for their classes.
Many students choose different methods for
the time, place and reason to purchase their
books for the semester. With the Internet in the
mainstream, there are now an abundance of
Websites to order books from, and a majority of
the time, one can find the book they need.
Several Websites offer a variety of books for
college courses. Also, many students sell their
old books to other students to get pocket money
for themselves.
Most students prefer buying used books to
avoid sky-high prices.
“I know it sounds tedious, but 1 go out of my
way to find used books to save all the money 1
can,” said Darius Le, a junior biomedical sci
ence major. “It takes me the whole day to search
for the cheapest prices at Loupot’s, Rother’s
and the MSC Bookstore.”
While many students put their books on
reserve to get prepared for the semester, some
students prefer to wait until after the first cou
ple of days of school to buy their books.
“I usually buy my books the second week of
class and wait to see what the professors say
about the books we will be using in class,” said
Victoria McNamara, a senior wildlife and fish
eries major. “I never reserve books because that
is pointless; there is no need to reserve your
education. You may be reserving books that
you may not even need, and you are basically
wasting money and time.”
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books for the entire semester. Many professors
place more emphasis on their lecture notes, and
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