A lot of what I have to read is public domain so I just found free digital versions in the translation/edition I needed and put them on my Kobo or my laptop. In one of my courses I had already read one of the shorter books during the summer and I took notes while I read it. The rest were the usual wallet-missles textbooks tend to be.
I feel like I’m gloating but seriously, it IS possible fellow students.

Full disclosure: I didn’t have as many textbooks as I needed to buy. I am taking 24 credits, not the full 30.

I would advocate taking a lighter course load a la Reesha. It feels a lot easier to learn for the sake of learning. When you have so much you need to juggle whatever you need to do becomes a task. Not a reading or an interesting assignment like work at this level should be.

What an amazing week you are having. It is interesting that the little things can make such a big difference, like knowing one person in a new class.

York is a big campus. A lot of students learn to make one of the libraries “their place” on campus. There are four to choose from. When you check out Scott Library go to the fifth floor and look out over the campus. It is a large library with over a million books. Frost and Bronfman both have fireplaces. Steacie has a science and engineering side to it and offers a variety of interesting items on reserve for students to try out.

We are glad you are back Sobia … and all the other students too. It is too quiet without you.

Cynthia

I would recommend students to become familiar with the services that the library provides, such as checking out the reserve items that are made available to them. I would also tell them to be unafraid about visiting and studying at other libraries, as Scott is usually the most crowded library.