<p>The utility I received from reading through this thread was minimal, since this argument here is defunct. </p>
<p>In most cases people who “top” are, contrary to your belief, rather smart. I know many people who did not appear to be smart at in terms of their speech and actions but relayed their ideas with eloquence on paper.</p>
<p>The OP is clearly the thoughtless result of pent up angst over the Indian education system. It is truth universally acknowledged that quantitative data is the best factor in determining ones academic ability. In order for learning to become subjective you have to first master the objective basics. It is as mysticgohan said, "In life if you cannot articulate nor express yourself succinctly in a manner dictated by your situation then you wont go very far. ".</p>
<p>Save the learning for the sake of learning stuff for some commonapp essay ^^.</p>