What’s it like being in a secret society ?

To the ppl who have been a member of a secret society in college and don’t mind being assassinated, what was it like

Talking about Sphinx Society, Order of Gimghoul, Porcellian Club, Seven Society...
you get the idea.

Let’s hear it !

 

Family has been masons for a few generations, and my grandpa was pretty prominent in the lodge of his city. I've met a few of my dad's mason buddies and they've basically said the door's open if I want to join.

Biggest takeaway is that you are rarely going to find someone under 40 in these groups. They're mostly a bunch of boomers. 

Granted, the masons these days are basically a drinking club for bored boomers rather than some super elite secret brotherhood. A lot of masons are blue collar. Same goes for the Shriners and Elks.

 

Biggest takeaway is that you are rarely going to find someone under 40 in these groups. They're mostly a bunch of boomers. 

Have been thinking about this. There have got to be quite a few organizations out there that have no young members but significant resources- real estate, pools of money available for charitable donations, etc. If you and a couple of your friends joined, you might find that you end up effectively "owning" something of value.

 

One of my college roommates and I have thought about joining the masons, but haven't gotten around to it. I went to a couple open meetings, they were interesting guys but all at least like 50, and none that I spoke with at the time worked in finance as far as I remember. Granted, I was Big 4 audit at the time so I wasn't really one to talk, but still

 

How do I LBO that shit? I'm sure it'd be possible to acquire those assets through debt and do a lease-back or something

 
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Being part of a frat is already one of the gayest things I can imagine

If you just say “no homo,” you’re covered for almost anything.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
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Being part of a frat is already one of the gayest things I can imagine

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Lmao let's be real. Being in greek life was so fun because people knew it was exclusive and you were a part of it. I can't imagine being in a secret society in college (say what you will about me) with no social benefit. Now in life? Yes definitely. But back in uni not a chance.

 

Top tier AND got kicked off campus so that's dope right? Lmao but really that's how used to think back in the day.

You thought that because I said uni haha - I have a ton of friends from London so that explains why I let that slip occasionally 

 

I go to UNC, and idk much about Gimghoul, but anyone can go to their hangout. It's just this castle in the woods. I'd guess the two most prestigious secret societies are Porcellian and Skull & Bones. Ivy at Princeton would be on this same level...but it's not secret. Skull & Bones seems to be tolerated by Yale, but Harvard admin hates Porceillian and at one point considered expelling people who joined. I think they settled in banning anyone who is in the group from holding leadership positions in official campus entities. 

All that being said, I don't think those people are spending their time on WSO lol

Kappa Beta Phi is the Wall St elite secret society 

 
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I can answer this one. I got tapped for a secret society at my Ivy.

It was pretty cool while I was in school. We would meet once a week, and it was a bunch of diverse leaders from around campus. Some professors who were former members would show up to our meetings. We had a house a few miles away from the school where we'd meet, the house was nice but not a stone mansion or anything.

At our meetings, we'd share what we were hearing around campus and do our best to promote positive change. We were surprisingly not party-focused, except for initiation night. Made some great friends and it was awesome to meet like-minded people who were also high achievers.

After I graduated, I'm on the e-mail list, but it's been pretty quiet for awhile. We meet once a year at a bar in NYC for a reunion, but I'm not east coast so I miss out.

My society is not skull and bones. We have a few CEOs and maybe a member of congress or two, but no Presidents in our ranks. 

 

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