Chit-Chat: Most likely Uni talk, idk sometimes food and stuff

[EC]

What's a Scantron? O_o

A sheet for tests that you fill out, usually for multiple choice tests. Then the teacher puts an answer key into a machine, and the machine scans the tests and grades them.

 

[pkmin3033]

Ohhhhhh. I've done a few tests like that before. MCQs are giveaway exams, if worse comes to worst you can just guess. xD

 

[Gabri]

I never had these kinds of tests. Not once.

 

[Hikamaru]

I had tests similar to that, but not exactly Scantron. Guess it's just not a thing in my country then.

 

[Esper]

Oh my god. Scantrons. I have to use these at my job and they're just... everyone hates them.

 

[Esper]

The internet has told me that many, if not all textbooks can be found for free on the internet, but the internet is known for telling lies.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

A few years ago I was taking an Anatomy class and the textbook that was 'required" was like 700 dollars(workbook included!!). Luckily, I had a friend who had already taken the class lend me his old textbook because that was such a ridiculous price to pay for something that was only going to be used for 4 months.

 

[Gabri]

The internet has told me that many, if not all textbooks can be found for free on the internet, but the internet is known for telling lies.

Up to this date, there's only one book I needed that the internet wasn't able to provide me with for free. ONE. In 9 semesters worth of subjects. Four or five subjects per semester.

 

[Spiff]

I couldn't justify spending that much money on shredded trees.

lol isn't money made out of cotton, we're all just farmers tending to our plants here

 

[Corrin]

I read Chase's post and nearly died
How can a book be THAT much?

 

[pkmin3033]

They get marketed as essential products for courses, which then lets retailers push the price up because students have no real choice but to buy them...or are made to feel like they need them, anyway.

Two of my lecturers at University actually wrote books themselves and then plugged them as essential reading for the course!

 

[killer-curry]

So, yeah my seniors said that books may be very expensive so there was an alternative choice! Second hand books or used textbooks, which is cheaper and the old books are don't have to be wasted.

Well, they said the uni community had a website where the old students can sell their items like lab coats or even bicycle to new students, to reduce the expense.s

 

[Esper]

Textbooks are expensive because the publishers pack them with copyrighted photographs and such. They also come out with new editions every year or so with minor changes and the instructors don't always realize they've changed editions and order the same title every semester, but it means that you can't use old editions because page numbers and things will be different. Sometimes they also package in with the books internet-based guides or whatever that can only be used once.

If you're lucky you'll have a teacher who will specifically order used editions so that they'll be cheaper. Also, often the school library will have a copy of each textbook, but that book will be pretty popular of course.

 

[Esper]

I feel this is the way to go 100%. Like, I could've saved myself hundreds if I just went to the school library and borrowed my textbooks for the semester instead of buying them outright. ;___; I just had no idea they actually carried textbooks until I bothered to look and holy crap did I feel dumb.

My libraries wouldn't let you borrow them. They were at the reserve desk and couldn't leave the library. Someone would just never return it otherwise.

 

[Corrin]

Here the used books were maybe $20 cheaper lol

 

[DarkestMidnight]

$100 textbooks?! Jeez, that's insane. I've never had to pay for textbooks, they're always supplied through my school. Of course if I were to lose one of my textbooks, I'd have to pay for them, but I'm keeping them on my desk at home so I don't lose them. I almost never use them anyways, so it doesn't matter. Then again, I'm not in college yet. Heh, can't wait to lose all traces of social life, get buried in debt and sleep a few hours a week! Heh...heh...yep... But really though, I can't wait to study something I'm ACTUALLY interested in.

 

[pkmin3033]

I didn't even step foot in my University library until my second year...and in my third I raided it. During my postgrad I practically lived in it.

Google Scholar is your best friend for academic articles, though.

 

[Esper]

Library's a good place just to get away from distractions if nothing else.

 

[Sirfetch’d]

I should rename the DCC to Uni Inc.

 

[Corrin]

Tips for surviving Uni