hi, does anybody know roughly how much i'll be expected to spend on books for the 1st year, someone said £300 is this realistic? i'd really appreciate some help cheers xx
As someone who studied CS I'd say MUCH less than that. Two pieces of advice: a) wait until you get here and see what will be indispensable, as opposed to what you'll use just the once and b) when you do buy, comparison sites like kelkoo are invaluable, and amazon marketplace will soon become your best friend. Also look out in the Classics department for notices from students in the year above looking to sell. For Chrissakes don't buy new and only use the on-campus Blackwell's if it's a dire emergency - the place is hideously overpriced. (I may still have some CS books at home, actually - PM me a list of what you need and I'll see if I can help )
Ooh yay, you're going to do the same subject as me! Thus you are cool. Come join our Classics Soc, you should manage to get answers to all your questions there! (shameless plug)