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pay my bills on time.

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have more money to pay my marginalized participants in my psychology research.

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They start my semester off with financial stress. I kick off the semester by drawing out of my savings, which is discouraging and anxiety-inducing.

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I wouldn't have been able to pay rent.

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If I didn't have to pay for textbooks, I would have more money to use in life outside of school. I've bought a total 4 books this semester and have had to ask my parents for over 300 hundred dollars for money with books. It's very stressful and annoying, because although my parents can accommodate imagine all the people who don't have that support system it's not fair.

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A professor recommended we look for the books we need for this semester at a used bool store due to them being expensive, but many students, (like myself unfortunately), have not been able to find these anywhere. Most students from previous years likely never use these past the class. I feel it would be much easier to collect the books at the end of the semester to reuse for the next group of students!

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If I didn't have to pay for textbooks, I would put that money towards necessities like food and gas.

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they make my wallet sad 😢

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I would be able to pay my rent/bills, buy groceries, and have left over money for a little bit of me/fun time with friends, like going out without having to worry if I can afford to take part in this activity. Not having to deal with a financial burden would be amazing. I have had classes in the past that said we would need the book, but then we never used them or we used it 1-2 times and that was it.

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I pay for everything myself with no help from my parents. Having to pay over $500 for books for a semester is hard to come up with in a week or two time.

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I would be able to actually spend my money on things that matter, like groceries, dorm supplies.

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You kind find almost all your textbooks on a pdf somewhere on the internet for free.

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Textbook costs wouldn’t be that bad if they were paired with programs like cengage, iClicker, true way, etc.

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Buying textbooks can be really stressful and I think a lot of professors don’t know how broke college students really are

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One of my classes class requires two books that are super expensive that I can’t really afford. Broke my wallet and I won’t be using it outside that class so- 😭

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If I didn't need to pay for my textbook, I wouldn't be worried about what I need for my assignments, in order to complete it or to know about it.

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Textbooks make me sad🥲