The Fraternity and Sorority Report for the Fall 2015 semester was released Jan. 13 and showed relatively small shifts in various categories from the previous semester.
The report, which is released each semester, details data about GPAs, philanthropic work, involvement and awards for specific Greek organizations and the Greek community as a whole. The USC Greek system includes 42 organizations and over 6,000 members.
The Fall 2015 report showed dips in average GPA for both fraternities and sororities, with fraternities falling from 3.15 to 3.11 and sororities from 3.47 to 3.45. GPAs for new members stayed level for fraternities at 3.10 and rose for sororities from 3.25 to 3.45.
With regard to community service, the Fall 2015 report saw drops in both community service hours and money raised for charity. Community service hours fell from 72,604, an average of 12 hours per member, to 62,105, an average of 10 hours per member. Money raised for charity fell from $440,392, an average of $75 per member, to $382,980, an average of $59 per member.