<p>The categories are:</p>
<p>1) The academically successful <---- labeled the “tryhards” by the lower elements
2) The socially successful
3) The academically and socially successful <---- pinnacle of success
4) The not-so-academically successful
5) The no-so-socially successful
6) Neither academically nor socially successful <---- the people who do the labeling </p>
<p>The people in this thread have mostly been painting an illusion of group 1 vs. group 2. This makes them feel better about their own shortcomings. What they fail to realize is that there is a vaunted third club - group 3 - in which academic success and social success are not mutually exclusive. This is the synthesis; the pinnacle of perfection. Complaining about how you chose not to challenge yourself academically to retain a social life relegates you to one of the lower groups. Suck it up, and face the fact that you’re not capable. Or, suck it up, grit your teeth, and strive to join the third group. </p>
<p>Don’t be a Group Sixer. </p>
<p>Join Group Three. I feel lonely.</p>