UIC students - "books and supplies" ?

[Chesnok]

Hello UIC students, I'm excited to be a D1 this year.
I received my estimates for the costs of the first year but I was wondering how much you ACTUALLY borrowed for books and supplies (estimates for these are over $1o,ooo) ?

I'd appreciate any responses.

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[Doh Boy Fresh]

a D1 i talked to told me to ONLY buy an anatomy book, and that we can cruise through the rest of our classes using only lecture notes.

 

[Chrono1984]

Wait until you get to school. Not sure if they are still quizzing first years on restorative crap from the sturdevant text, but otherwise, anatomy text/atlas is the only real 'must have' for the D-1 year here.

Again though, you will figure out what classes you should get books for pretty quickly once the courses actually start.

 

[Chesnok]

thanks guys. Chrino, I agree with the last part about figuring out what we need...i'm just thinking about how much i need to take in loans for books and supplies since i have to accept loans before the school starts OR NOT -can i accept some loans AFTER the classes start ?
Thanks for replying.

 

[diplo123]

No you can't accept more loans after school starts unless you go for private loans. I requested enough to cover the books and supplies, and if there's any extra money left over which there should be, I will use that money and borrow that much less the following year so as to not borrow more than I need to plus the accruing interest.

 

[Chesnok]

Makes sense diplo123.