Alabama Sorority Costs...Can anyone help?

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Hi There
I am a mom with a daughter going thru recruitment at Alabama. She is having a great time and has a full card for skit day which is going on right now.

Here is my question...on the UA site it lists the average cost of membership for new members at around $2400 per semester. We are finding in doing a lot of digging that this is very much at the low end. Some houses are over $4000 per semester for the first year, and that is living out of house.

Honestly, I have had to advise her that she needs to cut those houses that are at $7000 to 8000 a year or more. But there are a number of houses that we cannot find the cost for online. Does anyone know what the cost is of the houses at UA? I did call UA Greek Affairs and they do not have a listing of each house.

D has been told that if she asks about costs, she can be cut because they will think that she cannot afford it. It seems like such a catch 22. I would hate for her to have her heart broken once she gets a bid if we cannot afford it.

How do we manage this? I feel like a bad mom at this point, but we did do research before it all started and were unable to find much on costs. I have the costs of only about 7 of the houses.

If anyone knows any of the real costs please PM me...I would greatly appreciate it. I also need to give this info to one of her roommates who is on a limited budget too.

Thank you for your help and understanding