Hey you guys... the first years are putting together a book sale for you guys (something the first years do every year).
**The web site for reserving your used books will be open July 1st thru July 3oth.
**When the book sale is ready to go, you will get an email via your (by then functioning) listserve. (you will have already been given a link to your required text list by the school)
**You will be able to go online and reserve the books you want, you don't pay for them online.
**You will pick the books up (and pay for them via check) during the first week of school.
**It is not necessary to have every book on the first day of school, getting your books the first week is fine.
**This is a great way to get your books used, for cheap, and not have to pay for shipping.
Several people i know bought every book on the book list, at brand-new prices. Most of them were HIGHLY IRRITATED after the fact, since that was mostly an unnecessary and extremely expensive way to go about getting books.
When you get assigned to your big-sib, talk to them about the books they used the most. Personally, I would absolutely make sure i bought the Blumenfeld and Nolte texts for neuro, ONE of the books for PD (I prefer the Mosby), ONE of the biochem books, a Grants' dissector (for home use, lab copies can be bought from mr silverman), a Rohen's atlas, and a Netters. I used Wheater's "Functional Histology" and the Wheater's atlas (it probably doesn't matter, but i liked the Wheaters... the photos looked most like what Dr. Elul was using)... but either way, you only need one histo atlas. Clinically Oriented Anatomy is necessary and.... that's all i can think of right now. Oh, I really like my Netter's neuro atlas too. And my netter's flashcards. THIS IS JUST THE BARE MINIMUM... be prepared to buy more as the year progresses. The genetics book... can't remember the name... is good and extremely helpful. (edit: Also, Langman's medical embryology, and the epidemiology book are required and necessary).
Last year, we were all members of SOMA, and therefore got a Netters given to us. I believe you will all have to individually join SOMA this coming year. So, personally, I'd probably join SOMA and get a Netters, rather than buy a Netters and end up joining SOMA anyway!!!!
Generally speaking, considering how much money you're saving by buying these things used, I'd recommend buying more than less. Because, once the sale is over, you're going to be paying retail plus shipping, and hope it gets here on time (this I learned from personal experience... amazon bites!) If you bought every book on the required list, at these prices, you would still come in WELL under the amount the school budgets you for books.
That's about it for now...
Happy Summer!
