<p>Hi! So I am planning on transferring from Bellevue College to possibly WSU and if I do that, I will be planning on joining a fraternity. Does financial aid cover any of the fees I would have to pay when joining or do I have to pay out of my own pocket? My parents are struggling with money themselves so I do not want to ask them to help pay. Any insight would be helpful!</p>
<p>No. Look up the COA on the college website and there will be the costs listed that go into consideration when offering your financial aid package. Not to say that your need will be met, I don’t know if that is a ‘meets need’ college. If you needs are met, then perhaps you can squeeze out the fees by cutting back on the allocated expanses and living more cheaply. If you are not already working, try to pick up a job with limited hours.</p>
<p>If the school makes a distinction between various types of housing for cost of attendance purposes, a fraternity house would likely count as off-campus housing for the “room and board” budget. For other costs, you would likely have to budget them under “personal” or “misc” budgets.</p>
<p>Your financial aid cannot be used to pay for your fraternity membership or any costs associated with being a member of a fraternity.</p>
<p>HOWEVER, most colleges have a cost of attendance figure for students living off campus. If you get enough aid to pay your tuition costs, and still have additional aid, it can be used to pay for college housing off campus. </p>
<p>Be alerted that financial aid (not loans) for housing and board would beconsidered taxable income for the student.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies guys. I guess I need to figure out if I can afford to join a frat first. I don’t think I will transfer if I cant afford it honestly because I am going solely for the “college feel”.</p>
<p>The college “feel” does not have to include fraternity membership. One of our kids wanted to go Greek, and we said she could If she paid all of the costs herself. She decided that being in a sorority was not necessary.</p>