Stepping into the Boca Raton campus’s College of Business is almost like stepping into a whole new university, with the strong aroma of coffee beans from the Outtakes in the lobby and the neon tickers flashing from the “trading room,” which replicates a real-world trading experience for students.
In my previous article, “Wasted Woes: I Wish I Hadn’t Bought That,” I discussed school supplies that college students buy and end up not using, along with cheaper alternatives. But I didn’t get the opportunity to talk about one of the most important school items: textbooks.
I wish someone would have told me that school supply shopping in college is very different from shopping for school supplies in high school. You’d assume that’s common sense, right? Well, going supply shopping in college with a high school mentality is more common than you would think.
Based purely on my lack of funding, study abroad wasn’t something I planned on doing during college. It didn’t seem like anything I’d be able to do in the near future.
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