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Originally posted by alphaalpha
I could not beleive some of the things she said, especially about pay $600 in dues to become part of the group, but if you were poor then you could not be in. Well, my sorority did not cost that much in dues. oF course if you lived in you paid those expenses.
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Like mu_agd said, just because your sorority didn't charge that much doesn't mean that none of the hundreds of chapters around the country don't charge that much or even more..
The sororities at my college, which had a very non-traditional Greek system where the university owned the housing, charged about that much for their new members to join. This not only included chapter dues, but also national fees, which, if I'm not mistaken, were about $500 or so. Then, chapter dues were about $300/semester. For the first semester of membership, you could not be on a payment plan.
Also, financial responsibility is one of the five criteria for membership in my organization (this is open information, lest anyone think I'm sharing membership selection information). That doesn't necessarily mean that if you're poor, you can't join--but seriously, you have to be able to pay, or make suitable arrangements to pay, your dues.