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September 01, 2006

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I graduated from college one year ago, and spent next to nothing on books -- certainly zero dollars in my junior and senior years, after finishing language classes (horrible, expensive workbooks!). I was amazed at how many students complained about the cost of books and overlooked the library! At both of the schools I attended during this time (small liberal arts college in New England, and a huge university overseas), all required texts for the class were put on reserve or short-loan. You could take them out (often in-library only) for a few hours at a time. The benefits of this approach are manyfold:

- expenses drop several hundred dollars per semester
- your studying becomes concentrated; you work hard while the library's open and know you're finished when you get home, rather than letting your study time bleed all over your personal time.
- studying in the library encourages collaboration. it's much more communal that holing up in your dorm or apartment.
- all the resources being that accessible makes your studying more thorough and more efficient. instead of thinking "I wonder about..." or "I'll look that up later," you look it up NOW.

I stopped buying books to save money, but continued because I saw my performance and dedication go way up. I'm convinced that studying in the library greatly improved my college experience.

"Every class "required" certain books, but only a fraction of the classes actually used (or even referred to) them. The math classes were usually the ones that used them the most, but many professors didn't need them at all. You could literally not have a book, take notes in class and do just as well as someone with a book."

This about sums things up right here.

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