[Scully]

I lived at home, and therefore had no room and board. But I paid my own way as far as books, sorority events, and any outside activities. I worked part-time while in school. I was at Macy’s for 3 years as a sales associate. Luckily for me, they were very understanding and flexible about my schedule. Over the summer, I worked about 40 hours a week, but over the school year I was putting in a little over 20 hours per week. I would be at work from the store opening before 10am, stay a few hours, go to class, and then go back to work. Of course it helped that the mall was 4 minutes from my school! If I had events that I knew were mandatory, I would simply let a manager know ahead of time or switch with another coworker.

I would say that about half of my chapter worked while in school. The other half had money sent to them by mom and dad.