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About honor societies...
I'm a member of Phi Upsilon Omicron, and it does have some similarities to sororities/fraternities...for example, anyone meeting the grade and major requirements has to apply for membership, with the applications being reviewed by a sort of "invitation committee" (that's not what it's called, but that's basically what it is). Once a person is accepted, s/he is sent information regarding the national history, etc. and information about the local chapter, which must be read over and learned before taking a quiz over the material. If you pass the quiz, you can be initiated. I don't think the initiation ceremony is secret, but nontheless, it's ritualistic. Once you're initiated, Phi U does require a certain time commitment, as we did all kinds of community service activities. And there are alumni chapters as well. So even though it's an honor society, it does function in the same general way as a social GLO.
However, the other two honor societies I was in are nothing like sororities--they're more like if you've got the grades, bam, you're in and then after that you're not required to do anything.
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