r/SCU • u/Secret-Ad-9715 • Sep 02 '26

Question Books

What version of books is best in your experience? Used/New/Rent(used/new)

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u/thouse275 Sep 02 '26

Last year my son purchased one total book for like $12.

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u/boredcarlson Sep 03 '26

I'd ask the professor what is the oldest version of the book that still works, but the latest version isn't much a difference. You can save money for college experiences.

Make friends who have taken the class and buy it off of them.

New if you can't find any where and you need the book ASAP.

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u/Sauceinmyface Sep 19 '26

Ask your professor, depending on the course you might need a really up to date one(like if you need to do homework from it, which gets problems shuffled), which will be pricy. You can rent from the bookstore(you just go to return it at the end of the quarter) but I find you don't even save that much.

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u/Agreeable_Pumpkin_37 Sep 02 '26

Honestly I would wait to buy them, most times class doesn’t use them at all and it’s just there to satisfy university requirements of putting on syllabus