My parents were a bit confused about me wanting to join a sorority; my mom never went greek and my dad didn't go to college until after i was born. i am the first in my ENTIRE family to be greek. they were confused because I run track and XC intercollegically, and I was a jr when I annouced it. my frosh and soph year, i didn't like any of the sororities on campus and never gave a second thought to the greek system; i was one of those 'i don't need to buy my friends, i have enough teammates and friends' people.
but then i read through the school newspaper and rumors about a local group and their struggle to be recognized, and i instantly knew that i had to be part of them
as far as dues, i had a 'loan' for this semster. let me tell you, being a founding sister is EXPENSIVE. once a letter got sent to them from EO, they called and said they would pay for the rest of the dues for the semester, but any thing else including 'paraphanelia' i was on my own for.