Old Undergrad Textbooks?

[ShawnOne]

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Question for current dental students....

Is there any reason to keep undergrad texts? more specifically, books like Campbell Bio, my ungrad anatomy book (author Martini, horrible big book), organic chemistry, etc. Or should I sell them?

 

[grtuck]

Depends mostly on you.

Will you go back and use them for review, or will they just take up space? I kept most all of my books, but have only used some of them. I referred back to stuff like physiology, etc, but not organic chemistry. Somtimes it is easier to look up stuff in books that you have "worn in".

Also, it may be possible that your school may be using one or two of your books. I don't know how likely that is though. We didn't use any of the same ones, but maybe some schools do.

Just my personal opinion though.

grtuck

 

[dentalman]

My personal recommendations:

I would definitely keep your anatomy textbook, as you will have to take that class again (I assume), and it will be a helpful reference, as well as a study aid for when you take boards part one. Having just took the July 12th NBDE part 1, I would also recommend keeping any textbooks to use as a reference for that exam, but that's only if you want to do ridiculously well. You will do fine using dental decks, old exams, and review guides, and you don't need a textbook. Honestly, I barely cracked any old textbooks, and only looked a few things up in them, but I wasn't going for top scores. So, in case you don't know the subjects for part one, they are:

Anatomy (with head and neck, and some histology)
Biochemistry / Physiology
Microbiology / Pathology
Dental Anatomy

My other recommendations:
You can ditch the ochem. Biology is up to you. Only if you need help with the biochem aspect, but after acing the DAT you already know all the biology you need to know. Hope that helps!

 

[toothcaries]

i kept all my books....and notes...from undergrad....and dental school.
...i probably have all my high school notes around somewhere also.

i mean...
u never know when you'll need then again.
😉

 

[ShawnOne]

I think I will ditch the Campbell Bio, O-chem, G-chem, and physics books. Use the funds to buy new books I will surely need soon.

I am debating on this Anatomy book (Martini). It was the required book for my anatomy class at a jr college. Its really nice, but its also heavy and oddly shaped.

I will keep my stryer's biochem book.

 

[StarGirl]

I think I will ditch the Campbell Bio, O-chem, G-chem, and physics books. Use the funds to buy new books I will surely need soon.

I am debating on this Anatomy book (Martini). It was the required book for my anatomy class at a jr college. Its really nice, but its also heavy and oddly shaped.

I will keep my stryer's biochem book.

i think you need a new avitar!
I would keep the books that you find useful. i am using my old biochem syllabus from UCLA (GO BRUINS) as reference and also I borrowed the same biochem book I used back then from a classmate and I wish I had brought some other books w/ me for first yr... (but that's only cause they would have been good references to get the GENERAL concept...)

GO BRUINS! 😛

~one of my all time favorite quotes: "A trojan's only good once, but a BRUIN is forever" 😀

 

[wise146]

You might as well keep all your old textbooks or throw them away because you won't get any money for them----old editions/not used anymore.

 

[gryffindor]

Sell them if you can.

Maybe keep the Anatomy book. Campbells? No way, I never felt the need to go back and reference anything from this book since I ditched it freshman year in college (and I am big on referencing stuff I don't know). The details you will need to know and memorize for any science course you take in dental school (Biochem, Physio, Histo, Micro, Path, Neuro, Anatomy, etc.) will far exceed what the chapters in Campbell provide.

Organic Chem - again, hugely useless. I actually kept this one only b/c I couldn't sell it, but I've never looked at it since sophomore year in college. The extent of organic chem applicable for dental school is like knowing what a ketone is. Some organic chem aspects will crop up in Biochem in dental school, but not to the level of detail you had to learn it in Organic.

 

[speter33]

I think I will ditch the Campbell Bio, O-chem, G-chem, and physics books. Use the funds to buy new books I will surely need soon.

I am debating on this Anatomy book (Martini). It was the required book for my anatomy class at a jr college. Its really nice, but its also heavy and oddly shaped.

I will keep my stryer's biochem book.

I recommend you sell your Martini for like $80 and buy the 3rd addition instead for about $10. They are virtually the same only the page numbers are different. I did that. Can't say that I love the book, but it's got a lot of good pictures.

 

[ShawnOne]

wise146, actually some of my books are latest edition and worth some $$.

Griffen, thanks for the reply. I put my Campbell and a few others on ebay. Campbell 6th Ed is actually worth $80-90 in good condition. 🙂

speter, Martini is the only book I've held onto. I used it in undergrad and thought it was okay. Do you think it is suffecient for d-school? Or should I sell it and buy Netters? Moores? Greys? I ask these questions because USC has no assigned books. Stuents pretty much use whatever they want.

 

[Sk8aBull]

wise146, actually some of my books are latest edition and worth some $$.

Griffen, thanks for the reply. I put my Campbell and a few others on ebay. Campbell 6th Ed is actually worth $80-90 in good condition. 🙂

speter, Martini is the only book I've held onto. I used it in undergrad and thought it was okay. Do you think it is suffecient for d-school? Or should I sell it and buy Netters? Moores? Greys? I ask these questions because USC has no assigned books. Stuents pretty much use whatever they want.

I just sold my campbell for $82 on half.com.... same day I listed it, too! 🙂

 

[speter33]

wise146, actually some of my books are latest edition and worth some $$.

Griffen, thanks for the reply. I put my Campbell and a few others on ebay. Campbell 6th Ed is actually worth $80-90 in good condition. 🙂

speter, Martini is the only book I've held onto. I used it in undergrad and thought it was okay. Do you think it is suffecient for d-school? Or should I sell it and buy Netters? Moores? Greys? I ask these questions because USC has no assigned books. Stuents pretty much use whatever they want.

Well I haven't taken anatomy in D-school yet but I don't think Martini is sufficident for D-school. I mean the writting there is a piece of crap. I personatlly have Moore's and it's great. I can really see myself learning from it. But don't buy any more books until your D-school requires you.

 

[ItsGavinC]

I think I will ditch the Campbell Bio,

I've found Campbell to be a nice book to have around because it touches on such a broad array of subjects. Lots of that stuff doesn't pertain directly to dental school, but I've still read in my Campbell book once or twice a week for the past year.

 

[Dr.SpongeBobDDS]

I've found Campbell to be a nice book to have around because it touches on such a broad array of subjects. Lots of that stuff doesn't pertain directly to dental school, but I've still read in my Campbell book once or twice a week for the past year.

What the... ??? 😕

 

[trypmo]

What the... ??? 😕

Color me confused as well. I could remotely see one going back over Lodish, for example, but Campbell? Ah well, to each their own, I guess -- if it helps you, do it!

 

[ShawnOne]

Gavin , what class(es) are you using the Campbell book for?