Most of the people these days think that a freelancing job doesn't count when it comes to getting a "real" job, I disagree. I have been working as a Freelancer for almost 4 years now. In the process I've stumbled, struggled and faced conflicts but what ever I did, I did it on my own and at the end of the day I learned from it. I've dealt with clients directly, understood their needs and made them happy with my work.
And now I'm a freshly graduated student with a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and the most important part of this is that I was able to finance it on my own.
P.S: I cannot add many of my projects below because of NDA's ..