My Book Collection

"It is the spur of ignorance, the consciousness of not understanding, and the curiosity about that which lies beyond that are essential to our progress." - John Pierce

I've been using SN2ed's schedule that I saw on student doctor network: 

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?p=8092168

So far, I was able to get a hold of all the examkrackers books: 1001 series except organic chemistry. I was lucky enough to find it on craigslist for $80 which included the 101 verbal series and the examkrackers books bio, orgo, physics, chem. I was really lucky and the resell value of the books I got is more than how much I spent on them. But, let me tell you, it took me a month to find a good deal. Everyday I spent looking at SDN's website for new sales ads, craigslist, and ebay. I realized SDN is a hit or miss, there are so many people using that site, I gave up trying. I felt like I was on ebay asking to buy for a price and I kept getting outbid without even a notice of who was buying and for how much. Craigslist has its advantages and disadvantageous, it was scary to get the books. I had to pick it up from someone's car and pay them in cash. I made sure to meet them in a public place and that a friend came with me, you never know with craigslist what could happen.

My berkeley review books also came from craigslist. I paid $110 for them. That's pretty much a steal. They're worth $300 and the guy I got it from was really nice. We spoke on the phone several times and I had to pay before I got the books. I didn't sleep right for a few days because I was worried he'd take my money and not send me the books, but I knew his address, so that gave me some ease. Thankfully, he sent both sets and ended up paying a lot for shipping. What a nice guy.

So, starting my schedule, today is day 1: Physics chapter 1. I breezed through the first chapter since it was elementary. I still haven't finished doing the questions. I'll be doing that now until tomorrow. I'll also be purchasing 1001 organic chemistry with my gift card that I got for Christmas. I just hope that I will be using all the books I bought.