Lets say you apply to grad school, and your profs write letters saying you are the top student in the university. Note that this is only a *relative* ranking - you might be the best at your university, but how does that compare against other universities? Similarly, does your university inflate grades? Does everyone get a perfect gpa?
It is hard for the admissions committee to know all this for an unknown university. Once they seen a few graduates from a university, they have answers to all these questions, and can evaluate future candidates from the same university.
Once you understand this, the solution becomes obvious. Do things that show your quality on a scale they already know about. Doing well in ICPC, or google code jam, or contributing to the linux kernel are all things the admission committee understands and can evaluate you on.
Read other answers by Vijay Chidambaram on Quora:
- Even after working hard every semester, my CGPA is constantly deteriorating. Being in my final semester now, have I completely ruined my chances of getting into any of the top-50 grad school for an M.S next year?
- I have almost one month to apply for admission, Should I focus on publishing a paper next month or work on improving my GRE?
- Should I pursue masters in Computer Science in the US?
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