<p>I already signed up for sorority recruitment but have not paid the fee for it yet because I'm still debating it. I have an on campus job and am taking 4 classes. Would it be a good idea or bad to join a sorority?</p>
<p>I would encourage you to go through recruitment and see if it is for you. Joining a sorority is a time commitment, but it is definitely manageable. You will often find that women in sororities are also involved in many other things and taking difficult classes. I’m about to be a junior, I’m taking four classes, I have an on-campus job, and I’m in a sorority. So it can be done! It just depends on whether or not it’s something you’re truly interested in.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t know. My girlfriend is in a sorority and their dues per semester are almost $1,000. Seems like a rip-off to me. At least I got a free t-shirt out of it. I am a “Zeta Man”.</p>
<p>be a free thinker not a follower</p>
<p>Not all the fees are as bad as CalDud says, so don’t let that scare you yet. It depends on the particular sorority.</p>
<p>I’m sure they’re not as bad as my girlfriend’s situation. I still think that’s ridiculous. </p>
<p>I know it costs less at my university to get into the same sorority here than where she lives.</p>
<p>On most campuses, sororities either have approx. dues laid out on the Greek Life website or are presented to you sometime during recruitment. Keep in mind that living in the house most times (from what I hear from friends at other schools, our sororities are unhoused) is cheaper than paying for university housing and mealplans if your dues include them. Definitely call your Greek Life office to see if they have a ballpark figure available regarding dues (first semester dues will also always be your highest because of one-time fees for initiation and other things).</p>
<p>Also, don’t be intimidated by the time commitment. You can be as involved or as not involved as you want. First semester you’ll have required new member meetings (generally once a week I think) to learn about the sorority’s history and your pledge class before, and then after you’ll have chapter once a week with everyone, as well as probably your large philanthropy event (which will obviously depend upon your sorority). There are some people who will do the bare minimum and just go to that, versus others who will attend every philanthropy event you put on big or small, run for office, help with recruitment, design the t-shirts, etc. etc. I know people on both ends of the spectrum. And those who are crazy involved with the sorority may also be heavily involved outside as well. I know someone who earned a 4.0 last semester while holding an officer position, and being on leadership of at least one other activity while participating in many more than that. It all comes down to time management and hard work.</p>
<p>Moral of the story: go through recruitment, see if you find a home that you love and will consider the potential time commitment and sisterhood worth it. And if you aren’t finding one and don’t think you can handle it, then either drop out of recruitment or depledge if you realize this after the end of recruitment.</p>
<p>@CalDud–A lot of it depends on whether the chapter has a house or not. My dues were $3,000-4,000 a semester (cue your jaw dropping) but that was because we lived in, so that included room and board, food (3 meals a day M-F and 1 on Sat and Sun), utilities for the house, etc. Once you lived out, they dropped tremendously</p>