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    Default I HATE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT WHY?

    Because the damn prices of books!!!

    I'm a M.E. major at GT and I looked at the prices in our book store (Barnes and Nobles) is charging

    -Numerical Methods for Engineers $137.50
    -The Mechanical Design Process $105.00
    -An Introduction to Dynamics $74.00
    -The Science and Design of Engineering Materials $153.15

    Damn, these fuckers should know that we dont make money until after we get our damn degrees!!!!


    Thank god for half.com and international (paperback) editions.
    That is all people continue..........

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    so thats where all my friends money goes. i now i knwo why he's alwasy broke and can only spend money on food and drugs! lol
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    what year are you bigdare?
    dont take anything i say srsly. its the interwebs.


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    This my 2nd semester there, but I'm a senior because I'm in a dual degree program.

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    Check out amazon or half.com

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    hey how is M.E.
    i'm thinking about doing that

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    My friend work at that barnes and noble, he got me my physic book for 47$ brand new, where as gsu charge 154$.......... gsu FTL. thank god im transferin to GT

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    I had the same problem I think I am going to try half.com and return the books I got in a week when my books get here.
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    you think thats fucked up. i once paid $164 for a calc book that was supposed to last for calc 1 and 2. the next semester gsu went to a diff calc book (wouldnt buy mine back) and i paid another $175 for the privilage.
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    BOOKS FTMFL!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ranj
    hey how is M.E.
    i'm thinking about doing that
    Well, I'm kinda just now getting into my major classes, but its a whole lot of physics so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIXXERDK
    Check out amazon or half.com
    half ftw, that's where I did my book shopping from

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    Quote Originally Posted by seksehowy
    My friend work at that barnes and noble, he got me my physic book for 47$ brand new, where as gsu charge 154$.......... gsu FTL. thank god im transferin to GT
    Just be well prepared, because I transfered there after receiving a degree (B.S. in Mathematics) and I was like what the fuck???? So when you get there make sure your on point!!! Or you will get "weeded out"!

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    ^^ what do u mean on point?

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    I remember that shit from when I was ME, ironically all of my Inta books are cheaper at Engineers than online. I just end up having to get 3 or 4 per class, I'm hoping my book bill will be under 250 for this semester.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigdare23
    Well, I'm kinda just now getting into my major classes, but its a whole lot of physics so far.
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    books fuckin suck, especially when they change editions every other semester just to ream u for more money

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    Quote Originally Posted by shagwAg3n
    books fuckin suck, especially when they change editions every other semester just to ream u for more money
    don't get me started on what a scam THAT is! they know you're going have to buy the book to pass the class so they(publisher) can charge whatever they want. what are you going to do? not buy it and fail the class? not likely
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    ^^^yeah, and some professors are extra jew and require u to have the "latest edition" where others will let u use an older book. i mean shit, it's not like they change anything important, just rewrite/reword a sentence here or there. especially when it comes to the technical courses, i mean how many different ways can 2 + 2 = 4 be written right?

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    Half.com and Ebay saved me about $200.00 this semester...
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    Quote Originally Posted by seksehowy
    ^^ what do u mean on point?
    What I meant when I said "on point" was you got to come there focus and stay focus! I wasnt focus when I transferred, so I paid catch up for half of the semester. Promise you, I will never do that again! Dont get me wrong, I passed all of my classes, but rather buss'n my butt to get A's, I was doing that to get B's or keep C's LOL.

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