Kinda useless, at my school the business frats are going downhill. If you're smart and network hard, you should be just as competitive as the bfrat kids. Save the real brotherhood and fun for the social frats.

 

it depends. almost all the kids that do banking from my school were in this one business frat and so I rushed it and think it was worth. but honestly it’s case by case. just find the group with the smartest kids, or kids interested in what you are and do that

 

I despise the kids who were in bus frats because I didn't get into one and it felt like they were exclusively helping each other out academically and career-wise. Too arrogant and entitled.

 

People hold grudges for a long time, man. There are exceptions but I know a good amount of people in IB who are not pleasant to work with or are too arrogant or entitled and they all came from bus frats (even started some at their respective schools). Obviously not a complete correlation but still something to consider.

 

If you weren't in PE and were trying really hard to break into even CF and saw all of your bus frat friends get IB jobs without even trying because their analyst friends from the same frat are exclusively pulling for them, then you would think differently. Trust me.

 

I got to a big state school and tbh it's been one of my best decisions in college. I'm also in a social frat (which is common for people to do both) and honestly, the camaraderie among the people in the b frat is much much better. Everyone is there to help each other and the alumni network has been much better than my social frat.

 

I've found that the best reason to rush a business frat is for (ideally) an intensive pledging process that's curated by knowledgeable and dedicated upperclassmen who will give you a macro-level finance 101 type focus. The other component is the network, because once pledging is over the group sort of loses its "active" learning component, and this network is often key when it comes to recruitment. Personally, I think joining an investing/finance/consulting club is much more useful than a business frat because you'll undergo that same immersive learning experience, but once that's over, you'll still be involved in pitching for your student fund, working on deliverables for your club's clients etc. whereas the frats sort of fizzle out into a social group alone.

Tldr; skip the business frat, join a social frat, and get really involved with an active student fund/consulting club that works with real clients (most often non-profits), etc. and has a strong network of its own. The caveat is this is all really dependent on your campus culture and I'd advise with students who are already where you want to be from your school.

 

Anecdotal but when I see individuals with Delta Sigma Pi or Alpha Kappa Psi, I stereotype that they were unable to get into a social fraternity or their entire personality is "business". Also anecdotal, but AKPsi was co-ed and they all used to party and fuck each other incestuously (which could be what you're looking for). These organizations did not have any better connections than any other organization on campus. The quality of your network and career prospects is dependent on your school's branding / rankings.

 

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