What are the characteristic of Jose Rizal as a student?

Jose Rizal was a brilliant student who loves to observe. He always aimed for achievements and, for what I have read about him, he never gives up until he's one of the best (actually, he topped the class and called him "the emperor", he won gold medals in different fields, and for being the most brilliant Atenean of his time, he gained the name "pride of the Jesuits").