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[linzhiyan]

This is so stupid. School starts next Tuesday and idek what classes I'm taking yet... iirc, they NEVER send out schedules this late -_-

[TheCrazyChemist]

This is so stupid. School starts next Tuesday and idek what classes I'm taking yet... iirc, they NEVER send out schedules this late -_-

Wow, they don't even tell you what classes you're going to take? Our school tells us our classes, but doesn't give out schedules until a week before or smthn idk.

[JoeyC]

Does anyone know a SciOly legal way to put a 11" by 9.25" hardcover textbook in a 2 inch (ring diameter) binder?

I'm thinking of using sheet protectors/laminate on the cover and getting a binder that has larger than average surface area (cause then the book will be bigger than the binder) but same size rings - the rules only ever designate ring size.

It's perfectly legal to put textbooks in, displayed previously, but I have no idea how to get a hardcover in a three ring binder without critically damaging the book or having some part stick out.
Hence making the area of the binder bigger may help with the sticking out problem (I'll have to jurryrig something myself if I can't find one big enough though).

However, anyone got better ideas before I try anything?

Thanks!

[dxu46]

Does anyone know a SciOly legal way to put a 11" by 9.25" hardcover textbook in a 2 inch (ring diameter) binder?

I'm thinking of using sheet protectors/laminate on the cover and getting a binder that has larger than average surface area (cause then the book will be bigger than the binder) but same size rings - the rules only ever designate ring size.

It's perfectly legal to put textbooks in, displayed previously, but I have no idea how to get a hardcover in a three ring binder without critically damaging the book or having some part stick out.
Hence making the area of the binder bigger may help with the sticking out problem (I'll have to jurryrig something myself if I can't find one big enough though).

However, anyone got better ideas before I try anything?

Thanks!

If you don't care about the extra work, photocopy every page onto standard 8.5'' by 11'' pages and then put them in the binder.

[pepperonipi]

Does anyone know a SciOly legal way to put a 11" by 9.25" hardcover textbook in a 2 inch (ring diameter) binder?

I'm thinking of using sheet protectors/laminate on the cover and getting a binder that has larger than average surface area (cause then the book will be bigger than the binder) but same size rings - the rules only ever designate ring size.

It's perfectly legal to put textbooks in, displayed previously, but I have no idea how to get a hardcover in a three ring binder without critically damaging the book or having some part stick out.
Hence making the area of the binder bigger may help with the sticking out problem (I'll have to jurryrig something myself if I can't find one big enough though).

However, anyone got better ideas before I try anything?

Thanks!

If you don't care about the extra work, photocopy every page onto standard 8.5'' by 11'' pages and then put them in the binder.

If you don't want to critically damage the book, this seems like the way to go. Just try to get a rhythm going when you're copying every page.

[JoeyC]

I care about the extra work lol - that's 600 extra pages to copy

Ya think if I cut a laminate/protector thing it would count?

[pikachu4919]

Does anyone know a SciOly legal way to put a 11" by 9.25" hardcover textbook in a 2 inch (ring diameter) binder?

I'm thinking of using sheet protectors/laminate on the cover and getting a binder that has larger than average surface area (cause then the book will be bigger than the binder) but same size rings - the rules only ever designate ring size.

It's perfectly legal to put textbooks in, displayed previously, but I have no idea how to get a hardcover in a three ring binder without critically damaging the book or having some part stick out.
Hence making the area of the binder bigger may help with the sticking out problem (I'll have to jurryrig something myself if I can't find one big enough though).

However, anyone got better ideas before I try anything?

Thanks!

If you don't care about the extra work, photocopy every page onto standard 8.5'' by 11'' pages and then put them in the binder.

Sometimes textbooks will have loose-leaf binder editions in addition to hardcover ones - colleges sometimes use those (and it costs the students a fortune to get them if they’re required > - < )

[Name]

Why exactly do you want to put a textbook into your binder?

[JoeyC]

For binder events - I mean, if they allow it my textbook already has most if not all the needed charts and graphs as well as statistics.
I'm familiar enough with it to effectively navigate it and with the increasing amount of binder events why not?
It's more effective

[linzhiyan]

For binder events - I mean, if they allow it my textbook already has most if not all the needed charts and graphs as well as statistics.
I'm familiar enough with it to effectively navigate it and with the increasing amount of binder events why not?
It's more effective

I would say to just photocopy the pages that you think are significant to the event... I mean, if you have the textbook, then that probably means that you're studying/have studied the subject, right? But at the same time, you probably don't remember every specific number or detail about something, so you probably don't need the entire textbook to fit in your binder. And then mid season, take some practice tests and go to competitions and if there are some things that appear on those tests that you couldn't answer and are in your textbook, then photocopy those pages as well. It'll cut down on a lot of work, flipping through your binder (trust me, a big binder is NOT fun to flip through with... no matter how familiar you are with it...) and it'll make getting the "textbook" in your binder easier.