This.
A few other points. Bear with me on this, and please don’t get bristly like you did in post #2; I’m trying to help.
The answer to your direct question is a bit like the answer put to HS college counselors and AOs of “is it better to get a B in an AP course or an A in the regular course?” The answer, invariably, is that it’s better to get an A in the AP course. D’oh!
I have told my kids that what you learn is yours. Pick courses for their rigor. Any organization that values GPA over knowledge and smarts is one where you don’t want to work.
DS attends a school that his summer internship company doesn’t recruit at. He goes to a highly ranked school, but its CS reputation has not caught up to its quality. Most companies will allow you to apply, even if they don’t actively recruit on campus; it just means that you have a few extra steps in the process. He had to murder the final interviews while remaining friendly and presenting as someone the interviewers would like to work with.