Would you rather be extremely good at something or be more well-rounded?

Extremely at sth. Being an expert is much better than being well-rounded...hated to know everything a little but never professional at any of them(the status I'm now).

I guess I would like to be more well-rounded? I feel life will be more interesting for me this way. But arguably for people that are single-headed, I guess doing other things will not make them as happy as the things they are extremely good at.

I would like to be extremely good at something but also don't have an obvious shortfall.

For me, I would like to be extremely good at something, rather than more well-rounded, as most people are considered more well-rounded, which only leads to a peaceful and stable life, rather than achieving significant results and making progress for the world, make a contribution. I mean, it really depends on everyone's life goals.

I'd rather be more well-rounded. Because this way I don't become limited and I can improve myself.

Wait till you hear that I get rejected from all colleges I apply to. /hj

That's a joke, but the thing is: as high-schoolers, especially regarding US colleges, they want people who are decent all around and excellenent in one field, desirably related to their field of application. People who are just arbitrarily good at mostly everything but excels at nothing(like me for example) adds nothing to the student body because, well, putting such an individual in any arbitrarily large student group and you'd find out that their combined strengths literally eclipses your entirety, even though such an ecliptic action is not caused by any one given individual. So yes, someone only "well-rounded" would be nothing more than backup.

But that's just based on societal expectations. In reality, you would be perfectly fine rendering yourself as backup and be cheerful within: it's your choice after all.

Anyways, I have essentially fallen into the trap of false dichotomy initially when seeing this title. Surely, being good at something also aids in learning about how learning works --- which makes you more well-rounded as a result. So in the end, the "choices" given can not only be treated as two polar opposites as we assume they are, but as well sequentially: as learning to be one arguably helps in learning to be the other. As to my opinion? Because I am already a relatively well rounded person at the time of writing this post, I would aim for excellence at a specific field for the sole reason of faith that I won't lose everything I have whilst gaining new information. Either way, thanks you for reading, or something, idk just don't delete it---~~~