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Something's very wrong here, and I don't think it has anything to do with medication.

For what it's worth, I don't think there is anything wrong here at all. When I consider prospective hires for the company I work for, the ideal candidate for an entry-level position is someone with a sharp mind who was bored beyond belief at school. All other things being equal, I will hire a person with a GPA of 2.8 before I ever hire someone with a 4.0. Seriously.

Not quite at your level but when I was hiring large numbers of semi-skilled workers I found that high school dropouts were a good bet. There were a number who should never have been in school past the third grade but there were a large number who were so bright that they couldn't stand the slow pace of high school. That rich vein ran out with meth. They just couldn't stay away from the stuff.

When I consider prospective hires for the company I work for, the ideal candidate for an entry-level position is someone with a sharp mind who was bored beyond belief at school. All other things being equal, I will hire a person with a GPA of 2.8 before I ever hire someone with a 4.0. Seriously.

Same here, mostly because that describes me. My high school GPA was whopping 2.4 (though my SATs were very high), but I somehow managed to become a leader in my field with several patents and theoretical advances credited to my name. I was willing to work hard, I just wasn't willing to waste my time doing mindless busywork to satisfy the meaningless goal of some chimp-for-teacher, which shows in my grades. School has always been deadly boring for me.

In fact, I am suspicious of people with a 4.0 GPA. It suggests submission to the demands of an "authority" that is best ignored most of the time, a sort of subtle indicator of a possible character flaw. People with perfect GPAs always seem to be people who put an unjustified amount of effort and value in the process itself rather than the end results.

I second your observations. When looking at resumes I am always suspicious of someone who has a 4.0. If a person has any level of drive or persistence, it's impossible to go through school without hitting a class/instructor that just doesn't fit. There has to be at least a B somewhere in the set of "required" classes that are needed for graduation. Those who fit every class perfectly are probably in tune only with the academic world -- and probably need to pursue a career in academia.