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Originally posted by Angels&Arrows
I get soo upset when I read statements like the one above
According to the UTx website: room and board on campus is $7,088.00.
According to the UTx Panhellenic website: the least expensive sorority to pledge is Kappa, dues, room and board as a pledge would be $5,547.00 and as an active $5,257.00 ( I will let you do the math). There are seven chapters on UTx campus that are less expensive to join and live-in house, then to be a GDI and live on campus. There are four chapters that are about the same and only three that are more expensive; Zeta being the most expensive at $9,433 your first year and $9,158.00 there after.
On most campuses it is less expensive to be a member of a GLO then to be a GDI. And the benefits are untouchable... Leadsership, community involvement, sisterhood/brotherhood, friends, job connections, scholarship for undergrad, grad and continuing education, I could go on for days. Pi Phi even as a fund for sisters in need.. ex. When a sister's home was destroyed by fire, Pi Phi was there to help financially and emotionally. As a GDI there is not much of that you will get unless you are a natural go getter.. and even so.. you do not always have the support behind you.
I am off my soap box now! (My first version was more articulate, but the computer crashed... so now I am frustrated about my computer and this topic!)
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I get what you're saying, but at the same time, $3000 a year for new member dues (as one of the sororities has) is just too steep for me. My parents pay for my college tuition, but I pay for room and board, sorority dues, and any other expenses. I don't make enough money that I could just shell out that much. I get the impression that at Texas, you would usually live in the house only one year. It might be cheaper to live in the house than the dorms, but if you're living out of the house three out of your four years and you have to pay $2000 a year plus rent -- well, I couldn't do that. But I'm only speaking for myself.
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