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Originally posted by Munchkin03
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.
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Ditto. I attend a school with a small Greek system and university housing, and our dues are structured in much the same way. $500+ dollars your new member semester, around $300 each subsequent semester. This does not include any meals or any living expenses other than a parlor fee. While we certainly don't choose our members based on their financial situation, you must be able to pay these dues on time to be a member in good standing.
I had always gotten the impression that these fees were around the middle of how much other chapters charge... many chapters charge much, much more.