What should I do about professors and textbooks?

So the issue is..,. I started classes this semester and I have no financial aid or money to pay for my textbooks. A few of my professors are really anal about the books and make them a requirement and base their whole class around the books, thats fine and understandable. I have already gotten a job, tried to apply for small loans and my question is, if their was no way to afford the books and you have tried all you could, what would you do? I'm feeling nervous about it, but i seriously can't afford them! I'm in college by the way of course! :)

thanks...What should I do about professors and textbooks?
Check the library catalog to see if any of your books are held by the library. You might be surprised. Go ahead and recall them if they're checked out.

See about sharing a book with a classmate or a friend who is taking the class (or has already or will next year). If it's inconvenient to pass the book back and forth every week, photocopy or scan a few chapters at a time.

Look online for cheaper prices than what the bookstore charges.

Talk to the financial aid office if you haven't already to see if there are options available that you haven't explored.

Ask your parents for book money or book loans.

Switch some of your classes to ones that don't have textbooks or cheaper ones.

Run a balance on your credit card and work extra hours in the summer to pay it off.

If all else fails, reduce your course load to part time and increase your work hours.

This really isn't your professors' problem, and while I'm sure they're sympathetic about the high costs of college, asking them to make exceptions for you (e.g. to let you get by without doing the readings/homework or to, I don't know, buy your textbooks for you) is not the way to make a good first impression.What should I do about professors and textbooks?
I'm really sorry to hear about your situation. Textbooks are very expensive. I found this article that I hope you will find helpful:



http://www.ehow.com/how_5141574_spend-le鈥?/a>What should I do about professors and textbooks?
I assume you've already asked your professors whether they have extra copies they could lend you (most won't) or at least put on reserve in the library, and have looked into buying your books online to get better prices. I assume that you've checked the library, too. I assume you've asked your parents and siblings and aunts and uncles for a loan, that you've asked your employer about getting an advance, that you've gotten all the student loans you can possibly get and that you're already getting all the federal and state grants you can qualify for. I'm going to assume that you've used all the money you've saved from summer and after-school jobs throughout high school and that you've sold all of your belongings that anyone will buy. I'm going to take you at your word that you don't have the money, and can't get the money, to get any copies of your books at all, and that you're asking what to do GIVEN that you don't have books.



If there was no way to afford books and they were not available in the library, I would attend part-time so that I was paying less tuition and had more time to work to afford the books.



If I needed to not be part-time because, for instance, my scholarship required me to be full-time, I would see whether I could defer admission for a semester and work as many hours as possible in the meantime.



Doing the reading is not something that's nice to do on the side: it's a vital part of learning. If you can't afford the books for a particular class then you can't afford to take the class.



Are you out of the Add/Drop period? If you're not, you can still get a refund if you drop below full-time. If you are, then withdrawing won't get you any refunds, but it will mean fewer books to buy and more time to work to pay for them. Unfortunately, if you're living in a dorm then dropping below full-time may result in having to find somewhere else to live.



I suspect the advice you want is along the lines of "Don't be nervous, it doesn't matter if you have the books." But that's not honest advice. I wish I could tell you a way to magically have more money; I think that a university education should be free for students who are good enough to go (although I think there might need to be a limit on the number of free spaces available and, given the inequality in terms of access to primary and secondary education I don't think "achievement" alone should determine who is "good enough"), and I think that it's a disgrace that you and many other students are in this position. But this is how it works right now. If you can't afford the books, you can't afford the course.



I hope you find some way to get the books, though. And I really am sorry that you are in this situation.