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Originally Posted by ree-Xi
Remember that dues might be higher in one particular group because they include "things" for which in other groups, you might have to pay out of pocket. In most cases, it all works out to be pretty close when you look at everything you end up spending money on over the quarter/semester.
Forget about room and board and parlor fees for a minute. For example (these are made up numbers for simplicity sake):
ABC charges: $100 national dues, $500 chapter dues. All event shirts are included, as are favors at formals, and tickets to campus basketball games for the season.
DEF charges: $100 national dues, $300 chapter dues. All event shirts, favors, and tickets to campus basketball games are extra. The $200 difference is essentially what the shirts/favors/game tickets would cost.
So, looking at the $$ alone isn't really telling you the whole story. Choosing one NPC chapter over another just due to cost might not save you any money in the long run. The biggest difference would be chapters with/without houses and live-in requirements.
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EXCELLENT ADVICE. This is quite true on my daughter's campus. Some sororities include just about everything in their dues, others have bare bones dues and you pay for individual events, shirts, etc.