uhhhhhh what even

Anyone who is seriously asking this just does not get it. It is not about having money, it is about personal connections. Here's how the two are related: PNM's who are already known to actives, i.e. they are connected, have the advantage during recruitment. They are already friends, or friends of friends, or older sisters and cousins and their friends, or their parents' friends, because they are from the same high schools or home towns or summer camps or country clubs or swim team or whatever. Sorority members KNOW PNM's and like them, or KNOW OF them and approve of them through shared acquaintances and experiences that they also like. They all run in the same circles and are personally connected directly or indirectly. Now, these groups are often affluent because SMU is an expensive school, so it appears to people who aren't in these circles that having money is the thing that equals sorority acceptance, but that is not the case. Money doesn't make a fit with a sorority; personality and common experiences and shared outlook makes a fit. So you can't be unconnected to sorority members and think that just flashing some expensive brands and name-dropping your make and model car will make you belong with them and they will welcome you with open arms. It won't. The priorities are: 1) PNM's who are connected and liked; 2) PNM's who aren't connected but who impress the actives by having great personalities and conversations, attractive looks and style, and confidence in themselves; 3) PNM's not connected but who seem cute and fun and social with stellar resumes. Sorry to break it to you, but contrary to the crap spouted on here by people who don't know anything, $$$ won't make you desirable without the other things they are looking for.