Do you keep your college textbooks?

[eg1]

I am something of a packrat, but I finally ditched many of my old textbooks (20+ years old) this past spring when the basement flooded and I was forced to move stuff around. I kept all the literature, though.

 

[bimmernate]

Most are gone. Some I use to make arguments. Some I use because they can be used in place of Ambien.

 

[dtmt]

Yup... that's what mom's house is for.

 

[Thomas]

Kept the good books, sold off the rest. I did keep quite a few of my MBA textbooks though for future reference. I kept a few notable ones only for the novelty of cracking them open, something I didn't always do when school was in session.

 

[ama]

I notice I kept a couple of economics books, mostly by accident though.

 

[skiwebster]

resold all my college textbooks but kept my casebooks from law school because they all have the same binding/coloring and look pretty cool on the bookshelf. of course, there is a 99% chance i'll never open them, but i think they look neat.

 

[TheClearanceGuy]

If you don't plan on going back to school then I would get rid of them. If you plan on going back you might want to hold on to them.

 

[upstarter]

Of course not (I'm about to graduate).

I kept my AP European History book from HS, though.

Palmer, Colton, and Kramer's History of the Modern World. -Quite possibly the best textbook ever written.

 

[jdcpa]

I am still in the process of getting rid of mine. Most of undergrad are gone. I still have a few left from law. The case books are worthless (for law use), only value is to donate them. The code books still have a bit of life. I also have my accounting books....those actually are pretty useful for reference, so I still have about 70% of those.

 

[mikeman]

I keep all books that have information that I may need in the future,otherwise I try to sell them.But most of the time I just throw them in the recycling,because getting 50 cents back on a 100 dollar book isnt worth it.

 

[Get Smart]

I kept all of my art history books since they're great reference sources

but would I keep a calculus text? hell the ******* no

 

[Nantucket Red]

I've kept everything I've ever done in Japanese and Latin.

 

[brianja]

I've kept all of my texts that were for courses in my major.

Mechanical Engineering textbooks are really good resources and are filled with lots of useful charts.