

Preparing for University
#61
Posted 03 August 2005 - 06:07 PM
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#63
Posted 03 August 2005 - 07:23 PM
Instead I'm going to buy a nice USB flash pen drive. Coated in titanium and can withstand 2000 lbs of pressure

http://www.sandisk.com/retail/cruzer-titanium.asp
#64
Posted 03 August 2005 - 08:28 PM
Instead I'm going to buy a nice USB flash pen drive. Coated in titanium and can withstand 2000 lbs of pressure

http://www.sandisk.com/retail/cruzer-titanium.asp
thanks for reminding me, i will have to get one for when i'm back at school, lost mine ages ago.
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Posted 03 August 2005 - 09:59 PM


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#70
Posted 04 September 2006 - 09:55 AM
Jill
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#72
Posted 04 September 2006 - 03:56 PM
what about textbooks cos some of my friends have reading lists but i havent heard anything bout it. do they tell u when u get there wat to read etc, though i'm doin engineering i dunno how much reading is part of the course.
Jill
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Usually for a science/engineering topic the book list will appear online and the lecturer usually brings the ones he/she likes into the first lecture. In science and engineering reading isnt usually a huge ammount and very rarely is it impossible to pass a module with just the lecture notes, they usually are good enough to tell u everything u need for exams.
#73
Posted 05 September 2006 - 05:53 PM
Never buy all the books of the reading list until your first lecture or so. The lecturer virtually always makes recommendations on what is the best text to get, and may recommend other texts to get if you want to explore the subject deeper/or need a bit extra help!
In some classes, course notes and lecture notes can get you through, but I always prefer having a book aswell, as it usually has a bit more substance, especially when you go to revise stuff at the beginning of the course, and all the lecture slides have on it is a couple of bullet points. :-/
#74
Posted 05 September 2006 - 09:50 PM
If i am not here i am somewhere else
#75
Posted 06 September 2006 - 10:23 AM

I think they'll be a lot more reading and stuff this year though.
#76
Posted 06 September 2006 - 12:35 PM


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#77
Posted 06 September 2006 - 01:39 PM
#78
Posted 06 September 2006 - 05:25 PM
I don't buy second hand books, because sometimes I find pages ripped out, scribbles on pages, et cetera. Not something I want. However, I will be selling my second hand books. *wonders where to sell these books at*
Ask 4. level 4 of the union. or stick up notices around the campus
as for book buying - in my 2 years at uni, i've bought 2 textbooks. both at the start of 1st year. one was University Physics by Benson which is a massive thing, ways about 2 tonnes, & we used it in tutorials in first year - was great fun lugging that thing into uni on a tuesday, i can tell ya! it cost about £40 i think (new) but it was definitely worth it - i think i've used it in 4 out of the 5 physics classes i've done thus far. the other book, i've never used. it was "only" £20, & we were told it was absolutely essential in first year labs - it wasn't, cos nobody i know even opened it! then we were told at the start of 2nd year labs that we absolutely had to have it.....& again, nobody used it! i've also been taking a peek at some of the stuff for my 3rd year classes, & its one of the recommended texts for one of my classes - whats the bets i don't use it!
tomorrow doesn't matter,
turn that music up,
till the windows start to shatter,
cos you're the only one who can get me on my feet,
& i can't even dance
No Tomorrow - Orson
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