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My daughter graduated from Alabama this spring, and I have finally gotten around to cleaning out papers, invoices, and receipts from her college days. I added up the total cost of her sorority over 4 years. This includes 1 year of living in. She had a housing scholarship, so we had no housing expenses for 3 years. but we felt it was important to live in house at least one year, which she enjoyed. She had sisters as roommates 2 years, but it's not the same experience.
So here is the total if anyone cares to know:
Dues $10100
meals $11800 (this is equivalent to univ meal plan)
housing $5600
purchase fund $1000 approx.
Grand total $28,500

The prices for meals did creep up over 4 years, but the other expenses remained steady from year to year.