The economy and NPC Recruitment at very large/competitive Greek schools

[28StGreek]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

Not where I'm at.
Most fraternities have fewer members than sororities.
Fraternities throw parties with expensive bands.
Beer costs money.
Ergo, fraternities dues are higher than sorority dues.
At least where I'm at.

Oh ok that make sense. However the stark difference in quality of living between sororities and fraternities here I think are the reason why sorority dues are much more. While they may not have house parties, sororities have their fair share of social events, multiple exchanges, 2 invites, date dashes, plus sorority philanthropy events have a big social side too. And I guess here in LA there tends to be more DJs hired for parties than bands. Big name bands tend to get brought in for Fraternity Philanthropy events which benefit from having multiple sponsors.

I do not have the numbers for fraternity dues though, just basing this from what I've heard from friends.

Sorority dues for live-outs at SC are like $2000+; and live-ins $4500-5000 per semester.

Originally Posted by Old_Row

There are more oos pnms at the Alabama schools in the last few years because of the way some of the surrounding states have changed admissions policies (Georgia, Florida, Texas etc.) The Alabama schools offer a nearby cost effective alternative with easier admissions and a similar kind of college culture.

Yeah I've heard that being mentioned too. Especially about how UT has become really competitive academically, and I believe UGA has been spoken about similarly.