Yakuza is absolutely correct. If you disagree, please stop providing evidence with one rare case which you claim to be involving yourself.
My dad is a professor in dentistry, went to harvard for ortho, makes less than $150k a year in his practice(fine he makes around 150K), serves the community, had a 4.0 in dental school, was a BIG NERD. He is the one telling me to not follow in his footsteps with regards to his social life during school. I totally agree with him. What does that lead to? People are jealous because he spoils me with my LV, Gucci, Prada bags, my christian louboutin shoes, roc and republic jeans, my porsche. There is a tradeoff when you decide to be that 4.0. I am not quite a 4.0, i'm a 3.92 and still got interviews at all of my schools, and I am no socially-inept student. I'm not going into dentistry for the money, I have all the money I could ever want. I have made MANY attempts to get talking with those socially inept, possibly 4.0 students. They are just plain awkward to talk to in real life. Nothing I can do about that. Socially-inept kids please, hermits, come out of your shell. You will be at the top of your class like armor shell said, be an ortho/oral surgeon. What are you gonna spend your money on? YOUR KID that you want to have the life you NEVER HAD. And thats if your lucky and have kids.