2013-02-11, 10:00 PM
The difference comes from extracurricular activities. Any clubs you join, volunteering, leadership positions, part-time jobs, research jobs, internships, and so on. Rule of thumb, keep yourself at 3.0+ (hell, don't even panic about high 2s assuming you're getting a ton of the extracurriculars in) and get deeply involved in a club or job or both related to your major.
But all of that losses to someone who networks exceptionally well.
But all of that losses to someone who networks exceptionally well.