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[quote=Anonymous]I’ll bite.

DC is at WVU and they also use the B&N “rental” system. Here’s the experience so far:

[b]1st Sem:[/b] we encouraged her to utilize the rental system. At &lt;$300, we thought it would be a bargain since both DH and I came thru programs that had insanely heavy and expensive textbooks. Turns out, not so much. Many of the professors used their own materials, had “free” coupons, or pointed to online resources. In total, the rental fee was only about $50 more than what was actually needed and it saved a lot of angst about “knowing” her expenses.

[b][i]In between: [/i][/b]DC did a little more research on the upcoming courses and syllabi (either by looking online, finding a current/former student, or asking the prof directly).

[b]2nd Sem: [/b]didn’t use rentals, and again, only spent ~$200 (some of which wouldn’t have even been covered by the rental program). So we came out ahead.

[b]3rd Sem:[/b] research this time indicated the rental would be worth it and DC felt they would [i]not[/i] want to keep even the in-major texts as most of the “reference” materials (like anatomy and drug names/types/indications) are better online.

Upcoming 4th Sem: gonna pass again on the rentals, altogether.

So, short story is, as with most things — it depends and YMMV.

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