Hey Billy,
I have a friend in a fraternity up at MSU. I dont know if he has to have a meal plan per say, but they do have a cook that is there and she cooks breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He says she cooks really well, but i am not sure if he is required to eat there and have a "meal plan". I dont think there is like a cafeteria that all fraternities eat from. It is more like a cook coming in to their houses and cooking for them. I hope this clears a few things up http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Hey BUcutie!
Okay, yeah that makes since now. What fraternity is your friend in?

I can NOT believe these prices.. the most expensive sorority on my campus is $1200 when you pledge and $80 a month after that. For us it is $50 every month and that is it. Initiation fee is a one time fee and so is a pledge fee... your first semester you pay $200 more than actives and that is it. The second semester you are in you have to pay a house association fee for housing for EVERY chapter house of ours, everwhere... that is $150. We don't have a meal plan but we have two houses.. (it's a long story). It is $925 to live in the houses but that is the same or cheaper than the dorms. I cannot believe these prices, though!!!!!
Wow.. I love being in my sorority and we are a national GLO..
How do you pay for all this? My parents said that since I wanted this I was paying myself, except for housing cause that was necessary anyways.

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If your going to go greek, why not be a goddess?

Billy, my friend is a Theta Chi at MSU. Do you know any guys in that fraternity there?

I don't see most of these prices as that bad, if you consider what you get for that. With my dues, I get a room, utilities, an open kitchen, plus we have a cook that fixes 9 meals a week. That also includes fees that go to our headquarters. It's about a grand cheaper per year than living in the dorms. One thing I don't get is the high fees for pledges. Most of you are showing that they pay more than the actives for their time as a pledge. Why is that? Our AM's only pay the bare minimum, what goes to HQ. Also, I had to pay for my freshman year myself, but once I moved into the house, it comes out of my school money, since it's all lumped in with rent, and is cheaper than dorms.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

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A lot of sororities make pledges pay more their first semester to cover one-time charges, like buying their pins, and "pledge" fees to nationals.

I love being local!!

Our dues are $150 per year!!
Pledges pay a $45 initiation fee

We do a lot of fundraising so hardly anything comes out of our pockets!!

bucutie,
I'm at RU not MSU but lots of guys from my dorm are Theta Chi.

AOX81
I love being local!!

Our dues are $150 per year!!
Pledges pay a $45 initiation fee

We do a lot of fundraising so hardly anything comes out of our pockets!!

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National Sororities aren't really allowed to have fundraiser for anything other than foundation/philantropies. So everything is funded by the girls or their parents. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif If we could do those kind of fundraisers we'd probably be cheaper than most locals.

When I graduated we were up to $200/qtr. Plus a yearly per capita fee. But that was only $55. No house to worry about, but there was a one time fee of $100, in case we someday get a house.

billyop, what is RU? and thanks for the push on the guy wanting to go with a Nat.

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

Cost wise depends on the National, the House and if they are having a meal service. We as LXA at Pitt. look at the costs of dorms, other Greek Houses, and appartments. We feel that our prices MUST be in line or a little better to help sell people living in the house. If they do not live in the house, then there are parlor fees as they are using the house, just not living there.
We are trying to build a new house and have decided not to go into the food service as can get very costly for the house.

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

Tom RU is Radford University in Radfor, VA. Its in the mountains, and used to be all female, when VA tech was all male. No problem with push.

Sorority dues on my campus are generally lower than other places across the country. However, we pay extra for some events if we choose to attend. . . such as formal.

We pay $185/semester for initiated members, but our new members pay $350 plus their badge - about $425 total - their first semester.

hey billy opt-
hey i go to radford too!! what organization are you in.im a phi sig
lauren

im a phi sig at Radford university
dues for the year are 535. plus we buy our own tshirts and other stuff. we dont have to pay for our house. whoever lives there pays and its not that much since our houses are not that big