I'm currently in highschool, so I don't have the benefits of hindsight.
I do fairly well. Plenty of people label me as an "overachiever", even, but I know better. I put 100% passion into the subjects that I find interesting, which probably feeds that illusion, but I really could not be bothered to care about certain other things. Volunteer work at school events, for instance. I need to do it if I want to get anywhere college applications-wise, but it's like pulling teeth dragging myself out of bed on a Saturday morning to go greet people at the competitions hosted on campus or something. I'll study until I drop though, especially if I've got that two o'clock adrenaline rush. I physically cannot bring myself to just give up and fall asleep if there's something due the next day, insomnia will plague me until it gets done.
Socially, the situation is fair enough that I'm never at a loss for someone to partner up with in the event of a group project, and I've never had to wander around the cafeteria because there's no one that I know to sit with. I get plenty of invitations for out of school events and parties, but I find myself coming up with pathetic excuses to avoid them. It's not that I really dislike the people involved or anything, just the idea of going out when I don't have to kind of turns my stomach. Gone through a few boyfriends, it's true, but it was nothing serious, more to pass the time than anything.
I flirted with debate for a year, but eventually I dropped it. It wasn't bad, I could really kick ass if I wanted to, but I disliked the debate team coach, and she didn't care much for me either. She was too by-the-book, I was too mouthy. I found my niche in the school's fine arts department, which is very serious, and tight knit. The only people I'll actually bother going anywhere outside of school with are from my art classes, which are pretty intense. Academically, the grades in my humanities-oriented classes are pretty fantastic, and I can achieve them without effort. Foreign languages are a cinch. Maths are more of a struggle, but nothing insurmountable. I've butted heads with a few teachers, gotten along well with others.
In short, it's nothing too fun, nothing too miserable. But I'll be glad when it's done.