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Originally Posted by AGDee
So if they are paying for a meal plan at the house, do they get their money back from the university for that meal plan? Or are they buying two meal plans? Just curious. Because that makes a big difference. That seems less than what you pay for a dorm meal plan (at Hypo's school anyway). And, you wouldn't really count that as "sorority fees" if you have to pay it to *someone* either way. If you're paying it twice, that's a different story.
If you don't count the meal plan, got a cheaper badge (you could always upgrade it as a graduation gift or something), and reduced your shirts and photos, you could get by paying considerably less.
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Yes, UofA offers a greek (reduced) meal plan (which does help offset the cost of the sorority meal plan):
http://bamadining.ua.edu/pages/terms...tions.html#all
So Bamamama14's costs for sorority meal plan and house fees are $2300 per semester -- which includes meals -- other costs appear to be related primarily to one-time initiation (in style),
new member national fees (should drop to about $175 thereafter --
annually), and frills.
There are always "extras" for sure (t-shirts for every occasion, formal, etc). But I don't see any way a freshman would need to spend 4k per
semester.
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