[nauadpi]

My parent's wanted me to have the option of not working while I was in college, so they made a deal with me that if I kept my scholarship (which required a 3.5 gpa and loads of community service) they would pay my way... The other part of the deal was though that I had to keep a budget. So when it came to sorority dues that was included in my budget. I had to give them a breakdown of where everything was going... Then anything in addition to the budget (money to go out, shopping, etc) came out of the money I made during the summer... The key factor for my parents was showing them where the money was going, not just telling them it would be a certain amount...

Overall though, my parents were very willing to pay for sorority dues, because they saw how happy it made me... It also probably did help that my mom, my sister and my aunt were all in sororities...