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I think this totally depends on the school and the chapters. As a collegiate there were several chapters on my campus that checked out people's homes after receiving their reg forms and had advisors find out who their parents were and how involved they were in the community and whether they would be an active part of the chapter and supportive of their daughter's experience.

While it would be nice to believe everyone who walks through the door on money issues, many chapter have learned over the years that rushees think they can afford membership and then de-pledge half-way through or resign a year into their membership. This background checking has resulted in large part from the unfortunate circumstances on big campuses where you often cannot replace those members easily b/c you can't replace a NM after bid day and you are always over total.