Anonymous wrote:The official Chicago bookstore is boring, but the Seminary Co-op where you buy books for a lot of humanities classes was an amazing bookstore. I'm not sure if it's gone down hill since they moved out of the basement.

Chicago has really need hidden coffee shops/stores, but their bookstore was pretty nice, connected to a nice eatery and had good energy. Also fab to have a coffee and watch the kids/parents at accepted students day, pretty $$$ crowd buying lots of merch!

Anonymous wrote:How is the bookstore at UT Austin?

It is like a department store. Burnt orange galore!

Love university of Chicago’s books and coop, UMD has great merch.

Anonymous wrote:I live near Columbia and go to their bookstore all of the time. It's essentially Barnes & Noble, but with nerdier books, school supplies, and fewer children.

Few people here are talking about actual books

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Is there a list of what colleges have a bookstore on campus where students rent or purchase textbooks versus buying new or used from a place the college partners with like a Barnes and Noble? Which one is more costly? Did families factor in this when deciding on what colleges to consider applying to (yes yes, a smaller cost compared to other costs related to college, but over four years, the $ will add up).

As with other aspects of a university, almost all have great bookstores.

There has been huge competition in virtually all aspects of campus facilities, college amenities, and campus life for the past 20 years. This is part of why universities cost so much more than they did 25 years ago.

Stanford

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Anonymous wrote:The ones we visited on tour (over 20 between 3 kids) all had the requisite swag, some on sale. What makes one better than another for you?

Our family believes it is bad luck to buy away at a college before you get accepted. lol. Kinda was true with my son.

Completely agree. Don't mess with karma.

My kid got something from any school they would seriously consider attending. There was no karma impact, at least in a negative way.

IDK about bookstore, but for library I'd vote for Penn State. We toured there and on the main floor there were entire shelves of new release fiction. I was seriously drooling because it would take 6 months to get them at the Mont Co library or a lot of $$$ to buy. If I remember correctly there was a Starbucks right there, so I envisioned grabbing a book and coffee and getting lost!

I have spent more time than I'd like to admit (thanks to picky children getting swag) and I honestly couldn't differentiate one from another. They all have the same stuff, just in different colors.

How is the bookstore at UT Austin?