The average cost for joining one of these organizations is anywhere from five hundred to one thousand dollars. And that is not even the start of the expenses! Once you join the Greek life you are forced to go out to expensive clubs and restaurants and dress in a certain way, all of which are really expensive habits that a college student should not have. This is a very high cost for parents and students to incur in addition to the high tuition fees that students are already paying. It has also been shown that students in fraternities and sororities have a fourteen percent higher debt rate than regular college students (Fraternity HQ). Students should not have to pay such a high fee to get friends or be a part of something bigger, I think that the universities offer a lot of opportunities on campus for students to explore before they decide to pay for an outside
The average cost for joining one of these organizations is anywhere from five hundred to one thousand dollars. And that is not even the start of the expenses! Once you join the Greek life you are forced to go out to expensive clubs and restaurants and dress in a certain way, all of which are really expensive habits that a college student should not have. This is a very high cost for parents and students to incur in addition to the high tuition fees that students are already paying. It has also been shown that students in fraternities and sororities have a fourteen percent higher debt rate than regular college students (Fraternity HQ). Students should not have to pay such a high fee to get friends or be a part of something bigger, I think that the universities offer a lot of opportunities on campus for students to explore before they decide to pay for an outside