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Originally Posted by ebdelt

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I think the thing with UT's Greek system is that the "top" chapters for both sororities and fraternities is that they have so much history. These chapters have all been here for over 100+ years and have since acquired a lot of $$$ and nice houses. SAE, SigEp, Fiji, KA, Delt, Kappa Sig, ATO, ZBT, and a few others all have big houses with lots of members that pay EXTREME amounts of dues and these houses have pretty much always been on top. It's like paying for college twice, but when you have that much cash flow they throw the biggest and best socials and have the most to offer to top prospects in rush. The smaller fraternities just can't really compete and thus are nearly mute in the university's social scene which thus in turn creates a cycle of not recruiting as well as the other established chapters.

Regardless it's always sad to see a chapter go...especially a historical chapter that's been around since 1886.

@ the bold: I have consistently heard this about the UT-Austin greek system from the sorority side: dues can cost twice as much as tuition for the reasons you stated.