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most often, the sorority houses are full before the next school year begins, because contracts are signed some time during the early part of the spring semester and filling the house is key. the house cannot function in a deficit situation.
at fsu, new members would be locked in for the school year to wherever they had arranged to live-apartments or dorms, but that is good because the houses are full. the chapters at fsu are so big now that there is a lottery of sorts to determine who will get to live in the house. it is based on gpa, if the girl is an officer or chairman, points, class, etc. some girls might not ever get to live in, or they might choose not to. i think that you miss out on a lot if you don't live in the house. you are right in the thick of everything, have three square meals a day-well, okay not on the weekends,(although some houses had sunday dinner around 1 pm) but you get my drift.
in my chapter, back in the day, all executive officers were required to live in the house. next required were sophomores, then juniors and if all the spaces were filled , seniors could live out, then juniors, then sophomores. i lived in the house sophomore, junior and senior years(I was on exec. jr. and sr. years), and practically lived there my freshman year unofficially because my dorm roommate and i did not get along very well.
my daughter was so excited when she learned that she would be able to live in her house in the fall. some of her pledge sisters were not as lucky. her house holds over 100, but her chapter is about 150, so obviously everyone won't get to live in.
same with my friends daughter who is a zeta at u of florida. she was sweating whether or not she would be able to live in this coming year, but it did work out for her and she will be in the house.
living in the house is fun. i hope that everyone who has the opportunity to do so, will do so!
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