do we actually have to wait till lectures start b4 we can get books? (1 Viewer)

[Arowana21]

i am new UG and i heard some people say, that we should wait till lectures start so that the lecturers can tell us which books to get.
But now that the UNSW bookshop has the textlist, should i just the ones that say "prescribed' or is it better to wait for lecturers to tell us

 

[sunny]

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[karen88]

well its always best to wait... cos even though there are prescribed textbooks, sometimes some lecturers don't use them. I remember i had a course that had a textbook prescribed, i didn't want to get it yet cos it was really expensive, and when i went to the first lecture, my lecturer was like we don't really need it, so if you haven't bought it, then don't bother buying it..