Questions about Money?!?!
 

No,they do not. Room and board in the house is extra. Depending on the particular group, it may be more or less than dorm living. Check with the Greek Affairs office at your school for specific information.

greek housing can be a better deal than living in a dorm or apartment, however, i would not say that it is "much" more economical, merely more economical.

in addition, depending on the campus, and the type of housing available for greeks, in general, and your chapter in particular, you may or may not have the opportynity to live in the house. i believe that at texas tech the sororities have lodges and only a few of the members(and they are executive officers) can live in.

You can often find the cost of living inhouse online in the Greek Life area of your college website. Start there and then compare with the regular housing costs posted on the college website. If that info is not available online, you can find out by calling the Greek life office.

Keep in mind that some fees that you may not think of as a sorority member such as dances, T-shirts, etc. may or may not be included in your in-house cost of living. Many sororities give a breakdown of costs during informational sessions or even during recruitment. Again, check with the office of Greek life on your campus for this information.

At my school living in the house is just as much as ashared dorm. If you are worried about the money, I suggest you go on the school website and just add up the costs. That should be the quickest, easiest way for you to decide what you want to do.

I'm sorry but I feel the need to ask this. Is the only reason you want to join a sorority just to save some money on room and board? If so you really need to reconsider.

No Thats not it at all. I just don't want to get my hopes up if I wont have a way to pay for it.

I agree 100% on this one. You need to consider all aspects of sorority life before rushing because it is tacky to ask about dues during the recruitment process.

I don't know about anyone else but my semester dues are pretty steep, plus I spend about $300+ a semster on extra things, like new function costumes/dresses, philantrophy, big/lil gifts, things for greek week, homecoming, fraternity events, ect. and that's just for sorority/greek life stuff.

It's a huge financial commitment. It's definetly worth it but be sure you know what you're getting yourself into.

However, every school is different. Some chapters are less expensive, some are more. Some do lots of functions/events, some only do a few.

I'm not trying to stop you from going through recruitment, I'm just being honest.

I suggest researching on your schools greek life page, that's usually the best place to start.

Slightly swerving, but wanted to ask: when is the appropriate time to ask about dues?

This is a campus issue. At some schools, if you ask you sound like you cannot pay. But at many, they anticipate that PNMs will ask and it's no big deal. This is definitely not true across the board.

This is definetly true, and they should tell you sometime during the open house rounds.

In general, all advice given on this site should be taken with a grain of salt because all schools/chapters/greek systems are unique and what is true for one may or may not be true for another. I can only speak to what I have expierenced at my school and at my school it is improper to ask about dues during recruitment.

Well at my school, a sorority will put it out there for you at recruitment , but if that's not the case, I'd say while going over membership obligations.