I think the best thing I did back at university was doing lots of personal projects and doing more than asked for my term homeworks/projects to make them more p

I think the best thing I did back at university was doing lots of personal projects and doing more than asked for my term homeworks/projects to make them more presentable. Not only it helped me developing my skills but also I had lots of stuff I could put on my CV or talk in interviews. Especially when you are a new graduate, stuff like that can easily separate you from the rest. I disagree with people that puts more emphasis on "social skills" "connections" etc. Good programmers are still hard to come by. If you are good and you can show that, that would be sufficient. Even grades are mostly irrelevant.