Costs and all that jazz.. how did you convince your parents?!

[Buttonz]

My mom covered my dues for my first semster (which were 350) but after that it is up to me. Work and savings is how I do it. She will chip in a little if I am short but I hate asking her to. I'm at a commuter school so we don't have dorms, meal plans, or anything like that. Dues are $200 a semster for active sisters, we are the most expensive on campus, and it's hard, but I do it because its worth it to me.

[WVU alpha phi]

Originally posted by SeminoleMom14



On top of that, she plans to live in the house next year and rent will be approx $1000. Her meal plan will be a little more expensive because she'll be there for breakfast too but her total fees next year should be in the $2600 - $2800 range...making her room and board PLUS the sorority fees less than the $3200 we would be paying for her dorm and on-campus meal plan alone. So just tell your parents that you'll actually be saving them $$$ by being in a sorority

Wow rent to live in the house is only $1000?? That's so cheap! I'm living in my house next year and it's $6200 for the whole year, that's including my meals.
I thought that was what most sororities at my school cost to live in the house?

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by Lil' Hannah
I got a job and paid for it myself.

same here

[chideltjen]

Originally posted by PhoenixAzul
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Join a local!

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Seriously.
As a wide eyed high school senior with a NPC member cousin, as soon as she said local sororities pay a lot less for dues, I jumped at the chance. Luckily it was a good fit as well.

But I also had money saved up from a summer job and worked a couple semesters as well.

Just don't assume Mom and Dad will pay for it all.

[honeychile]

My parents were VERY pro-greek! So much so that my high school graduation present was "an upgrade on my sorority pin". As for dues, I worked all through school anyhow, so I was able to pay my dues at the beginning of the year. I usually paid for the incidentals, too.

[SeminoleMom14]

Originally posted by WVU alpha phi
Wow rent to live in the house is only $1000?? That's so cheap! I'm living in my house next year and it's $6200 for the whole year, that's including my meals.
I thought that was what most sororities at my school cost to live in the house?

We were actually surprised at how inexpensive rent was in the houses as well, especially considering how beautiful most of the houses are. I think the most expensive rent published is $1100 but we've found that the published expenses aren't completely accurate so there may be more expensive houses. Her fees for the year should end up being about $5600 for the year including everything...so that's not too much different than what you're paying I guess.

Laugh A Lot...Here's the link to the FSU sorority finances page...you've probably already seen it but it shows the wide range of fees between all the sororities.

http://www.greeklife.fsu.edu/index.a...c-finances.asp

[RUgreek]

Joining a fraternity was cheaper than living in the dorms and was a better location on campus with parking All I had to convince them was that my grades wouldn't suffer and that this was important to me. In the end, the membership fees were not bad at all after national dues were paid up.

If this isn't your situation, and your parents need convincing to give you the money, then show them the GPA and stats of your org. to explain the kind of (hopefully good) influence this experience will have on your life.

Option C: As suggested, if all else fails, get a job and raise the funds yourself...

- RUgreek

[WVU alpha phi]

All this talk of cheaper sorority expenses and better parking, maybe I'm Greek at the wrong school! j/k The only sorority house at my school that provides parking for the girls is DG, lucky girls! As far as I know, most of the frats provide a parking lot for their in house guys though.