Is it bad to ask about costs?

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

So are you agreeing with the woman in the other thread who is telling her daughter to cut the more expensive sororities, regardless of whether 1) she likes them and 2) those are the only ones that keep her?

I think what makes that thread so problematic is the huge swings in numbers being thrown about. There is a HUGE difference between $2400 and $4000.

At schools with lower dues, the differences are often lower. I think my chapter's dues were something like $300, and the most expensive chapter was something like $500.

So, I think it's easy to say "find a way to cover the extra $200", but not nearly as easy to say "find a way to come up with the extra $1600".

Is money a stupid basis for choosing a chapter? Sure, but so is the physical house, and how funny the skit is, and a dozen other things that factor into recruitment for women who going in knowing few people.