Secret Societies - Eating Clubs, Finals Clubs etc. at Elite Universities.?

[Anonymous]

So you kill yourself to get into “Harvard”, and they let you in because you satisfy some sort of stats they need to prove to the world that they are not really a beacon of white privilege. Then, you grind away a second time gunning to get a job where you will slog away the rest of your life at Google or McKinsey or whatever with the rest of the mere mortals, while the pre-ordained back door legacies get a tap on the shoulder, run around naked and are handed keys to the “real” power that was their family birthright anyway. The “big” connections are still closed to admission. And the goal is to meet 2 times a week to spill your guts to make sure that damage control is on the ready lest you are a dud? Sounds awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you kill yourself to get into “Harvard”, and they let you in because you satisfy some sort of stats they need to prove to the world that they are not really a beacon of white privilege. Then, you grind away a second time gunning to get a job where you will slog away the rest of your life at [/b]Google[b] or McKinsey or whatever with the rest of the mere mortals, while the pre-ordained back door legacies get a tap on the shoulder, run around naked and are handed keys to the “real” power that was their family birthright anyway. The “big” connections are still closed to admission. And the goal is to meet 2 times a week to spill your guts to make sure that damage control is on the ready lest you are a dud? Sounds awesome!

I am just a commoner, but I thought Google is way more chill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So you kill yourself to get into “Harvard”, and they let you in because you satisfy some sort of stats they need to prove to the world that they are not really a beacon of white privilege. Then, you grind away a second time gunning to get a job where you will slog away the rest of your life at [/b]Google[b] or McKinsey or whatever with the rest of the mere mortals, while the pre-ordained back door legacies get a tap on the shoulder, run around naked and are handed keys to the “real” power that was their family birthright anyway. The “big” connections are still closed to admission. And the goal is to meet 2 times a week to spill your guts to make sure that damage control is on the ready lest you are a dud? Sounds awesome!

I am just a commoner, but I thought Google is way more chill.

It is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the most DCUM thing ever to sh|t all over fraternities but think these are so elite and wonderful.

They are if they are philanthropic which is what most if the secret societies at UVA are all about. Read Secret Societies at University of Virginia in Wiki

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s the most DCUM thing ever to sh|t all over fraternities but think these are so elite and wonderful.

I don't think either are "elite and wonderful." They're all completely silly and shallow.

[Anonymous]

We didn't have those at Brown when I was there. Anyone could participate in the donut run; all you had to do is deliver donuts naked at the Rock library after midnight during finals. In reality, 99% of them were gay guys from NYC traumatizing the football team, who grew up in middle America or the Deep South with God-fearing conservative families. Sex Power God was by invitation only, however the only requirements were to be LGBTQ friendly (have a sponsor) and be good looking. I've probably seen the peen of a now executive at Google during these events, however the whole experience was not life-shattering for me, including professionally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s the most DCUM thing ever to sh|t all over fraternities but think these are so elite and wonderful.

They are if they are philanthropic which is what most if the secret societies at UVA are all about. Read Secret Societies at University of Virginia in Wiki

Regular fraternities are philanthropic in purpose too. What attracts people to these secret ones is that they are even more exclusive We value others can’t have even more.

[Anonymous]

Gotta laugh at the people who say there were no secret societies at their school — how would you know? A lot of them actually stay secret or very hard to detect.

My DH was in one at his SLAC and is ashamed now about how it really just boiled down to how rich your family was and about the nasty stuff they had to do for induction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they use Mary Poppins umbrellas?

Ha. No, but they wore black preacher robes when in public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they use Mary Poppins umbrellas?

Ha. No, but they wore black preacher robes when in public.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hG1CdNS8OMk

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So you kill yourself to get into “Harvard”, and they let you in because you satisfy some sort of stats they need to prove to the world that they are not really a beacon of white privilege. Then, you grind away a second time gunning to get a job where you will slog away the rest of your life at Google or McKinsey or whatever with the rest of the mere mortals, while the pre-ordained back door legacies get a tap on the shoulder, run around naked and are handed keys to the “real” power that was their family birthright anyway. The “big” connections are still closed to admission. And the goal is to meet 2 times a week to spill your guts to make sure that damage control is on the ready lest you are a dud? Sounds awesome!

PP here whose nephew was in one of the most prominent societies at Yale.

I guess from what I read in the press, maybe skull and bones is something like what you describe, but the one my nephew was in is nothing like that. It's also the one commonly described in the media as the wealthiest, and I saw no evidence of that when I went to several of their events over graduation weekend. The kids were extremely diverse in terms of ethnicity and income, including several and first gen kids. It was really pretty laid back.

[Anonymous]

A lot of these clubs are just fraternities with a different name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I still don’t get the purpose? To get to know each other well? Why does the club need to be secret to do that?

These are like mini Masonic lodges. Many of the people in them might be liberal or progressive Democratic, but they’re based on aristocratic principles and simply aren’t democratic at all.

These groups are supposed to be made of people who can trust each other’s with their lives, raise money for the college or charity, run the government, and fight bad guys.

When good guys belong, maybe they sometimes do important, wonderful things.

When bad people belong to them, they no doubt do and cover up all sorts of terrible things.

[Anonymous]

They aren't good people at UVa, but they will give money to the school and will make $$$.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They aren't good people at UVa, but they will give money to the school and will make $$$.

I hope this is sarcasm. Please go read “Secret Societies at UVA” in wiki