I want mangas/anime like these
High Spec Lovers
Masamune-kun no Revenge
Kare Kano

The MC, preferably a male, (can be female) has to have a perfect/great outside "look"
so hes good at sports, good grades, good looks, good with girls/boys other stuff
but in reality hes just a average bum who literally WORKS HIS BUTTS OFF
and he cant be a total douchbag

a bad example of what i want is
Binbougami ga!
where the mc is actually beotchy and didn't work at all for what she deserves

i would also like if the MC had overcome some kind off problem in the past such as bullying
or like weightloss or like being ugly or average or bad who wanted change BECAUSE of
problems he may encounter in the future such as financial problems, or because they wanted to make friends, or chasing after someone he/she likes or hes tired of his life
something like Cyboy isnt what im really looking for. Thanks for all the suggestion, oh right forgot to mention, would be best in school setting, but i'll take what ever genre u guys throw at me =D

Gakkou Hotel
14-sai no Koi
Switch Girl!!
Kurenai Ouji
Romantica Clock maybe

Oh and also, maybe you could try tags like "appearance different from personality" and "alter ego" with "handsome male lead" "popular female lead" etc.

alright thanks, will take note of using tags, never used them before. and thanks for the suggestions

ahhh... well, maybe Brand new school day (also a oneshot)

Horimiya http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70263

As fantastic as Horimiya is it doesn't really apply for the male MC, maybe for the female MC.

Check out Last Game, the male MC is incredibly hardworking but can never win.

[m]Uchuu Kyodai[/m] and Gin no Saji both feature hardworking male MCs