You know, this got me wondering....most 5th semester students seem to be leaving right around April 14th, but most May students are arriving around about April 27th.

What happens to all the stuff that doesn't get sold?
Does it get sold to locals, who then mark up the price for incoming 1st semester students? Surely it doesn't just get shipped to the U.S.

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Hey wolfgang..most 5th semester students have sold their stuff as it goes pretty fast...alot of 1st semester students moving away from the dorm and into the bottom or windward need appliances and they sell it for dirt cheap....

Miss independent... who said you are going to pass all the classes? might need those books in sept =P
just kidding.. I am evil =P
i know you will pass since you've done it before.
hope you wont find out who i am ...you wont be able to strangle me!

By the by,.. me too.. i have books to sell like hte grant dissector.. bioinformatic books.. so on so forth

Are all the "REQUIRED" books for Saba really required? I have no problem with buying all the books that I need but I do have a problem with buying books and never needing to open them. Let me know!

For the most part, I would classify the "required" books as "highly recommeneded". Nobody is going to walk down the aisle to see if you bought the book. Few professors actually assign reading in the textbooks (Physio, Genetics and Micro being the only things I can recall at the moment).

Everything gets pretty much sold or given away by the time you leave. There was a rash of folks about three semesters ago who left the island without selling their cars (most were sold by friends during the next semester).

Books are usually fairly easy to get on the island from one semester to the next. After first semester (when I brought down all the "required" and "recommended" books plus some others), I would keep my eye out during the semester for next semester's books. Those I just couldn't find, I would pick up when I went home at break (or have someone send one to me).

As for Amazon, they don't ship to Saba (or the Netheralands Antilles). I would have books and other things shipped to my stateside mailing service and they would get to Saba within 2 to 4 weeks.

Best of Luck!

I always use bookfinder4u and it claimes to search 75 bookstores in just 5 seconds. not sure they do search that many, but their search result is pretty comprehensive, at least more comprehensive than addall for books I looked up.
the link is at:
http://www.bookfinder4u.com

Alex

Can someone help me out. Do we really need the most current edition of the required texts? My cousin went to Saba and she gave me some of her old books....not the most recent. I also bought some old editions on ebay and amazon.

-gerald

Don't really need the latest editions....they are not much different from the old ones anyways....you did hte wise thing....

Siddman

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Older editions are probably not bad. It really depends on the course. I just saw the new Anatomy BRS the other day though and I would definitely spend the extra money for that if you can.

Best of Luck!

Even though there are 2 required books listed for both Histology and Embryology, is one of them much better than the other (is it really necessary to get both for each subject?)

Also, I heard the book for the informatics class isn't necessary - what would you all say? Thanks!