Anbody ever . . .

[registered user]

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kept old premed books instead of selling them back and actually found them useful in med school? If so for what subject? Thanks.

 

[Hawkeye Kid]

I used Fundamentals of Neural Science by Kandell, et al in college and this is a VERY commonly used neuro text in med school. In fact, that's the only reason I bought it in UG...and I've since sold it on Amazon. However, unless it's a book that your school is likely to use or you somehow connected with it, I'd guess that you'll benefit more from the cash now than you will from the info later.

 

[8744]

kept old premed books instead of selling them back and actually found them useful in med school? If so for what subject? Thanks.

They make good kindling, especially if your firewood is damp. Just wad up four or five pages, douse with a little lighter fluid, et voila.

 

[klubguts]

They make good kindling, especially if your firewood is damp. Just wad up four or five pages, douse with a little lighter fluid, et voila.

I second this....burn baby, burn!

 

[hakksar]

I have several books from undergrad that I use in med school including the following:

Lehningers Principles of Biochemistry
Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy
Molecular Biology of Cell (Alberts et al)
The Human Brain (Nolte)
Molecular Cell Biology (Lodish)
Medical Physiology (Boron and Bulpaep)

All of these books are books I had from classes I took as an undergrad which I used occasionally (usually for reference material) in medical school. With the exception of Nolte's book these were actually the recommended books for various classes in medical school. I would advise against buying them in medical school since lecture notes are usually enough for all the classes but if you already own them they are worth holding onto so that you do not need to look any further than your bookshelf if you need reference material when you are unsure of a point in the lecture notes.

 

[erin682]

I used by genetics, biochem and cell bio undergrad books to help flatten out some papers that had gotten wet and wrinkled. I don't know what I would have done without them.

 

[doc05]

Old textbooks are a great way to make your bookcase look more impressive. People might believe you've actually read those books.

 

[Lebesgue]

kept old premed books instead of selling them back and actually found them useful in med school? If so for what subject? Thanks.

Um, no.

The only books I look at from underad/grad are math books, since I just love math! Nothing like relaxing to a dense book on cryptography...

🙂

 

[Code Brown]

I take it my Macroeconomics textbooks won't be of too much use then?

 

[streetdoc]

my immunology textbook from college. we coved every bit of it in 3 weeks, but i liked being familiar with it
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