You did pretty well, considering how much you hated the exam system. It's not that you didn't like learning, you just hated learning for the sake of passing an exam.

You were a well-rounded student and you were probably heavily involved in lots of extra-curricular activities, too.

You're a perfectionist and even though everyone else was amazed at your grades, you were deeply disappointed by the one grade that was an A and not an A*.

You had one thing you were passionate about and magnificent at, and nothing else mattered to you.