Published on June 16, 2026 12:37 PM GMT Hello everyone, My career goal is to reduce AI risks. If I major in CS, I could attend a top-tier college in Taiwan. In the future, I may pursue a master or PhD degree in US. However, according to some EAs, chasing a high GPA is mostly for signaling rather than improving my research abilities, because some college courses are irrelevant to AI risks.(I'm uncretain about this view) In Taiwan, a person who gets a 3.8 GPA at a mid-tier college might only get a