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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
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ON The GPA?

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/174587-berkeley-gpa-scale.html

"i know for a fact, that berkeley's law school takes undergrad gpa, and adds points if your coming from a top school, or subtracts points if your coming from a state school or something less prestigious, usually .2 or .3 points on the gpa."

Does "on the gpa" mean "on top of the gpa"?
  

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3 points on your "effective" GPA. 3. 3.

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  • 3 points on your "effective" GPA.
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  • So students A and B will be considered equal in the competition for admission.
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It is saying that it makes a difference of 0.2 or 0.3 points on your "effective" GPA.

For example, if student A's GPA is 3.0 and she graduated from a top school, they will adjust her GPA up to 3.2 or 3.3.

If student B's GPA was 3.5 and he graduated from a state school, they will adjust it down to 3.2 or 3.3.

So students A and B will be considered equal in the competitio
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So, "on the gpa" is slightly informal?
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No, it is just the only preposition that works, describing the result of an effect which can be either positive or negative.

The school you graduate from has an impact (effect) on your ranking.

There are some grammatical errors in the original quotation - did you notice them?
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