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The 7 emotional steps of buying textbooks

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Siena chapter.

 

1.     Signing onto web for students with high hopes of a rental option!

 

 

2.     Finding some rental options with joy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.     Looking at the absurd price for a new rental and settling for the used!

 

 

4.     Realizing the buy option is only available for some of your classes…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.     Searching on Amazon/Cheggs for a better deal

 

 

 

 

 

6.     Realizing the professor wrote the textbook or it is a Siena edition!

 

 

 

 

7.     Finding out you need to buy more books with access codes for homework because yes… paying for homework is a real thing.

 

 

 

8.Realizing how much you spent on textbooks you will most likely only look at once.

 

Nicolette DiMaggio is a Siena College Class of 2018 alumna. She studied Finance during her time at Siena.