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Originally posted by sugar and spice
If you want to see some really, really expensive dues, check out the University of Texas-Austin:
http://www.utexas.edu/depts/dos/gle/phc_info.htm
I definitely couldn't afford to go Greek there, unless my parents were helping me out. And since they aren't . . . well, it's probably a good thing I'm not at Texas.
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I get soo upset when I read statements like the one above
According to the UTx website: room and board on campus is $7,088.00.
According to the UTx Panhellenic website: the least expensive sorority to pledge is Kappa, dues, room and board as a pledge would be $5,547.00 and as an active $5,257.00 ( I will let you do the math). There are seven chapters on UTx campus that are less expensive to join and live-in house, then to be a GDI and live on campus. There are four chapters that are about the same and only three that are more expensive; Zeta being the most expensive at $9,433 your first year and $9,158.00 there after.
On most campuses it is less expensive to be a member of a GLO then to be a GDI. And the benefits are untouchable... Leadsership, community involvement, sisterhood/brotherhood, friends, job connections, scholarship for undergrad, grad and continuing education, I could go on for days. Pi Phi even as a fund for sisters in need.. ex. When a sister's home was destroyed by fire, Pi Phi was there to help financially and emotionally. As a GDI there is not much of that you will get unless you are a natural go getter.. and even so.. you do not always have the support behind you.
I am off my soap box now! (My first version was more articulate, but the computer crashed... so now I am frustrated about my computer and this topic!)