General advice for college freshmen?

[Sciencewoman]

I've already posted my fall syllabi and activated my course sites, and the university book store has had our books listed by section for a long time now. We have to submit our book orders months in advance. Students can see the reading assignments on the syllabus. In this case, there really isn't an excuse for anyone who's registered ahead of time to be book-less. Our bookstore also has a full price return policy if students drop a class by the drop deadline. All-in-all, in this case, buying at the campus bookstore tends to be better. My daughter has rented quite a few books this year at her campus bookstore...that's also been a money saver.