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I am intimately familiar with this fact.

We've noticed.


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random, but one of my friends is a courier and had to deliver things to the pres of fox studios. apparently mr burns is based off him. when he did the excellent thing.. he couldn't get out of there fast enough to

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An extra ration of gruel for you both. Smithers! Pay these women for their misguided flattery!

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Yeah, that's true - we don't get our financial aid for THIRTY DAYS after the first day of the semester.

That's such crap.

So once the book lists are put out, I slowly buy one or two at a time for that month or two before the semester begins. I never have to spend more than $100 or so for an entire semester, so spread out over a month or more, it's not that bad.

I just cut back a little till I get my financial aid. But yeah, some people can't afford to that, which sucks.

Stupid universities, take advantage of people like that.

OMG, that's freakin' hilarious!

Does he look like Mr. Burns, too?



It fits him, doesn't it?!

Wow. Yeah. We get ours a week after classes start. That's nice, because you can order your books at like 8am Monday morning and usually have them in your hands by that Friday, so you're only out maybe 2 weeks of classes (which is almost always intro stuff anyway).


It really is. If it wasn't for there needing to be a drop/add period, I'd suggest financial aid being given out the day classes start. Or at least the bookstore not marking up shit so much.


I spent like $300 on books last semester. Then I spent $100 on online access for classes. That needs to be listed on the course description, I think, or at least textbook lists. Something like "This course uses the [name] online homework system, which costs [price]." It was truly annoying to find out the first week of classes that I needed to spend $100 I didn't have on online access or I'd likely fail the course.


Yeah. Before financial aid is disbursed, the bookstore gives out the paperwork to fill out, to have any textbook purchases deducted from your financial aid. Both semesters last year I made it without needing to do that. This year though I might need to do it.




Just about the only good thing my governor did in the last 4 years was get a law passed that requires that universities have the book lists published like 30 or 60 days before the semester starts, so students are able to shop around. Still doesn't stop them from not publishing them online .

As of right now, classes start August 23. We're within 30 days and two of my classes don't have any books listed. If I didn't know what books were required and already had shopped around, I wouldn't likely know before the first day of classes, and then would flock to the bookstore and buy them there.

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random, but one of my friends is a courier and had to deliver things to the pres of fox studios. apparently mr burns is based off him. when he did the excellent thing.. he couldn't get out of there fast enough to

Quid pro quo, Moot!

I'll call you whatever you like if you take your top off.



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