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It won't last. You need a good grade to find work after so handing out lower grades decreases applications next year.

On the plus side, high grade + long ago remains a signal.

I doubt that's the bottleneck. UCB's acceptance rate is not high (<5% for CS). They have way more people who want to get in -- qualified kids, too! -- than they can fit. They'd need to burn through that backlog before it started showing up as a signal.

> high grade + long ago remains a signal

Does it? I didn't think people looked at GPAs once you're 5 or so years into a career.

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