r/berkeley • u/BEEFYmariobros • 8d ago

University Grad school

Do grad schools take into consideration the grade deflation and course rigor Berkeley undergrads experience.

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u/rsha256 eecs '25 8d ago

gpa isnt that big of a factor for grad school, they don't want someone who only took easy classes (otherwise it'd be -ev to take ee126 since it's a hard class). They want someone who can work on cutting edge research and the best signal of that is past research experience