Greek Housing

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Pros and Cons

HOUSE
* A constant central location for members to congregate for sisterhood events, ritual and activities
* Gives you more diverse housing options aside from the residence halls and off-campus apartments.
* Cute guys always know where they can leave a note for you/friends can drop off homework
- Sometimes you may be forced to live-in when you don't want to (the alternative is membership cancellation) if you're an officer or they're having trouble filling the house. Or it may be a straight-up requirement
- Dues are higher to accomodate house maintenance even if you don't live in
- Lots of rules regarding house property (no alcohol, no boys in the rooms, etc. There is a house mom and a house corporation to enforce the rules, fines, etc.)

NO-HOUSE
* All else being equal--Cheaper Dues!!!!
* More flexibility (no rules about leaving your feet off the furniture, you can live wherever you want, less conflict because you don't have 2 dozen women living on top of each other)
* More opportunities for PR on-campus because you're NOT sequestered in one central location so you may end up with greater visibility on campus and be more of a "household name" among nonGreeks and PNMs.
- But the non-Greek campus may not know about you because your letters aren't on a house
- During recruitment, girls may cut you because they perceive the chapters with a house to be a must-have amenity
- May pay more money out of existing dues to provide venues for activities, storage and ritual-- with possibly that money coming out of your social budget for these

Either way, it's splitting hairs at UCF. Less than half of the sororities have houses, and those that do are built to accomodate less than 1/3 of their members living-in. Don't let one or the other be a deal breaker. Look for a chapter you click with who has dues that you can afford. And remember, that the most expensive dues may be deceptive--- they could include a meal plan that breaks down to your paying about $5 a day for 3 square meals-- you can't beat that! Look at all the factors involved.