how much on books?

[fldhkybnva]

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i'm just wondering on average how much did you spend on books for the M1 year?

 

[braluk]

Made it out to the used book sale, and in addition to having some upperclassmen friends to lend their books to me and having some of my own from my graduate studies- I spent about 100 dollars with relatively few books left to buy though I suspect generally the average costs goes from 300 and above if you don't hit the cost-effective venues.

 

[lord_jeebus]

About $40

 

[Hayden2102]

About 1000 of your dollars over first year.

My course is integrated though, I'll probably only have to buy three or four texts over the next four years and be fine.

 

[CindyLou]

i became a barnes and nobel member, used ebates.com, and ended up spending about 800.00 but i got about 100.00 cash back, so in the end the 700.00 was better than buying all used books form the bookstore AND all the books are brand new (plus free shipping)

 

[despair]

About 1000 of your dollars over first year.

My course is integrated though, I'll probably only have to buy three or four texts over the next four years and be fine.

I'm curious, why would having an integrated curriculum mean that you could get by with less books? I'm a freshman at a school with integrated curriculum, and I'm wondering about this myself.

 

[Hayden2102]

I'm curious, why would having an integrated curriculum mean that you could get by with less books? I'm a freshman at a school with integrated curriculum, and I'm wondering about this myself.

I mean less books over the next few years. I had to buy the majority of my textbooks at the start of the year, so I have all the path, anatomy, physiology, histo, micro, clin examination etc. books already... so whenever we tackle a new system in the semester to come, I'll just need maybe one or two specific to that system, get me?

 

[Shredder]

I spent perhaps 800--I am big on reselling though and recouped a lot of this, over 50%. I'm planning on keeping few for step 1 review; I purchased separate books for that.

 

[63768]

talk to students in the year before you. professors will place a book on the required list even if they use it for a few figures or one chapter. for those books, you can use the reserve books in the library.

i've spent maybe $150 on books so far (essential clinical anat, robbins, kimberley manual). i'll buy more books as i realize i need them (like immuno, neuro, etc). i personally think it's useless to buy $1000 in books you may never open or may use very rarely.

 

[Instatewaiter]

Dont buy your books until you get to that course, especially if your school uses syllabi primarily. At my school, with a few exceptions (anatomy atlas) you really dont have to buy any of the books b/c all the info you need is in our syllabus

 

[ginger60]

I spent 200 first year, maybe 50-80 second year, and a couple hundred for boards. I wised up second year and bought a lot less, and for boards realized I could buy most books used. If I could do it over again, I would have spent less than 200 for years 1 and 2, and been a little more selective about what I bought for boards. I was under the mistaken assumption that I had to buy textbooks for years 1 and 2--only an anatomy atlas plus costanzo phys for year 1 and then FA, BRS path/goljan, and a neuroanatomy atlas for year 2 were truly essential. However, I am not someone who has ever liked reading textbooks and my school's curriculum was syllabus/lecture-based, which probably affected my lack of need for books.

 

[senseiturtle]

On stuff I'll actually need for class - about $30.

Stuff that'll be nice to have and fill out the bookshelf - $70 so far.


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