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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Thanks for sharing.
To be honest, being Greek SAVED me alot of money in undergrad, especially when it came to housing and food. Living in a chapter house at my undergrad is WAY cheaper than 90% of the available campus housing.
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YMMV on this. Living in-house may be more expensive than living on campus. And if your chapter is unhoused (like mine) you will definitely be paying more. If you're independent, you pay room and board; if you're in an unhoused chapter, you pay room and board AND dues; and if you're in a housed chapter and you live out-of-house, you pay room and board AND dues AND maybe parlor fees. And then there are all those lovely one-time charges you pay during your pledge/new member period - initiation fee, badge fee, etc.
I wouldn't be surprised to see a decrease in membership. Getting a part-time job to pay for dues is tough right now, with jobs disappearing seemingly by the minute. And parents may not be financially able to give/lend dues money to their children even if they'd want to.