price of books

[987654321]

how much does the first year of books cost? thanx

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[binghamkid]

how much does the first year of books cost? thanx

This will depend on each particular institution.

 

[987654321]

i'm just looking for a ballpark figure. Nova Southeastern

 

[omnione]

..probably similar to the cost of books at your undergrad school if you took only science courses. That's my estimate based on other students at my school.

 

[pharmgirl2011]

how much does the first year of books cost? thanx

Our books at NEOCOP is estimated at 1000 for books and supplies.

 

[azPharmD2B]

$1k per year is about right for most graduate/professional programs.

 

[987654321]

thanks all

 

[jewess]

At NSU, we don't buy books! The professors LOVE LOVE LOVE to test and teach from their handouts, since textbooks are outdated very quickly. Just make sure you buy a lot of three-ring binders to put your handouts in. The tests come directly from the handouts and notes you take in class... very rarely will you ever be required to use a textbook. And if you are, there is at least one copy of each required text in the Drug Information Center that you can look through. I bought 2 books all of last year (ran me about $100 bucks for both), and that was only because we were told the book material would be tested. Hope this helps!

 

[DownonthePharm]

If your school is nice and sends out booklists in time for you to check ebay, amazon, half and all the used sellers you can save a lot of money. Bigwords is a good online resource to search by ISBN for the cheapest price. I havent paid over $300 for any of the three semesters I have bought books for, Im sure if I paid retail I would be coughing up three times that.

I just bought books for fall and they cost me $200, but ONE of the books was $100 because I couldnt find it used. So that tells you how cheap you can get the rest.

 

[Hels2007]

We didn't have to buy any books for most of our classes, there were some optional ones, but the only required ones were Pathology, Pharmacotherapy w/Casebook, and OTC handbook. Even pharmacology wasn't strictly required, though I bought it, and Med Chem, hoping they would guilt me into studying (they didn't).