Unless she is talking about non-NPC sororities (although I don't think she is.)

Also, there is one NPC who owns a house but is currently not living in it and is renting it out to a fraternity. However, I have no idea how long that lease is...the sorority could be planning on moving back in soon for all I know. AND if a PNM would look at the one NPC that is not currently living in a house, she would be greatly limiting her options.

If you're living in the house, then you don't have to pay for the cost of living in a dorm. It's usually at least even, if not cheaper to live in the house.

THIS. Totally meant to include it in my post but forgot (so thanks drole.)

I decided to take a peak at what the costs were for the public university dorms this year (I'm not EVEN gonna look at the private housing...) It's $3,000 more than when I started 4 years ago!! :eek: Sorority housing is currently around what I paid for in the dorms 4 years ago. Therefore, on average, you'd probably pay around $3,000 less living in a sorority than living in the dorms.

ETA: And if you're living in Bromley, IT or any of the private places, living a sorority will be SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper.

I think you did include it in a previous post to her, in another thread... I think. Meh I can't keep it all straight.

So true it's like this at UK too. I know it's true with chapters on my campus but I can't presume to speak for others BUT if you live in the house of course you pay housing fees but your DUES are significantly less. Is this true at most big schools with large-ish chapter houses (ours hold 40-60).

For my chapter, our dues were the same whether or not you lived in or out. We did have a live out fee, which kind of made it seem like in house dues were less, though.

Interesting...I was just curious really.

thanks everybody. I just thought that some did not have houses because of something I read on there once, and I knew of one listed on the site that didn't have a house, but that one isnt a part of NPC. sorry. lovespink88 explained everything to me and I got it straight. I can't wait for Open House and everything! This dues issue was really freaking me out before, but now I feel really confident in joining this year than next year.

Good luck and have fun!

Costs of Living In vs and Apartment
 

The actives in my large Midwestern state school did a comparison of living in the house (80+ women) vs. living in an apartment of 4 women (2 bdrm/2 bath). The soroity was significantly cheaper IF you ate the many of meals provided in the house and did not eat out a lot. Not cleaning your own bathroom and always having someone else to study with or make a Starbucks run with were a big plus. And the intangibles (really getting closer to your sisters by just being around) of being a day-to-day live-in Greek women were impossible to calculate. Good luck to you!

And thanks to all who have posted "inside info" about U of Illinois rush.

This!! i would not take anything for the years that i lived in the sorority house=priceless!! and it is a once in a lifetime opportunity. i point out to collegians that they can live the rest of their lives in an apartment, but they only have 3 or 4 years to live in a sorority house.

our national housing corporation did a study years ago that concluded that it IS less expensive to live in the house.

Not to mention that at U of I most of the houses are WAY WAY WAY closer to the quad than the dorms are.

Another thing to think about is safety...
Often Greek houses are located in a high(ish) traffic area and many apartments are not. When you have a lot of people around, you are less likely to be mugged or worse.

I lived in an apartment one year and in the house 2 years. Whether is was a late night at the Library or out at the bars, I always felt much safer walking home when I lived in the house because people were always hanging out on the porches of the Greek houses. Now that I'm older, I realize this is something that you can't put a price tag.