Now that I'm 7/8 of the way done with med school, I'm starting to compile some of my better advice, and hopefully one day can publish it. Here's an excerpt; not that anyone ever comments, but if anyone has suggestions or requests, let me know!
Like college textbooks,
medical texts can be outrageously pricey. Embarrassingly, I was “that person”
who purchased every single book on the “required book” list. I think it was probably around $2000. (Yes, I
bought them new from Amazon.) Sitting in
orientation surrounded by people complaining about said booklist and realizing
that I was literally the only one who had purchased any books at all, I vowed to pass on the word.