u/No-Syllabub9071

Currently a rising junior/Year 12 in HS so I wanna figure this out as fast as I can. Before, I was hell-bent on accounting and was focusing on finishing HS 6mo-1yr prior than my peers just so I could work towards becoming a chartered accountant asap (4-6yrs grind total) but my accounting teacher demotivated me saying HS accounting (IGCSE) is too hard and not to rush it (later found out it was only so he wouldn't lose students and thus some salary)- Glad he did it though because they extra 6 months made me realise I don't like accounting after all and prefer econ to it. Taking electives (Compsci, Stats, Socio), focusing more on ecs etc -> hoping to double major in econ+cs/math and aim for Fintech/Consulting.

My parents (EE and Doctor) are VERYYY pushy towards med tho. I don't mind med but I HATEEE rote learning. A reason I like econ is because of how I can connect anything to everything to understand the concept truly. Truly, I don't even mind the grind of med but here's the elephant in the room; I have commerce subjects in HS. English, Business, Accounting, Econ, Maths are my main subs with electives mentioned above. If I decide to do med I'll have to take a gap year, grind my ass off for bio, chem and phy (kids do this in 3yrs btw [UK edu system- not from the UK tho]) and then probablyy sit my A-Levels privately.

Should I stay in finance route or should I switch to med? Honestly, really worried about AI and allat taking over as well and med is fs the safest asw. Another thing I'm worried about is that I wear a hijab. I'd say reactions to it are probably much more tame in med than finance. Will this get me discriminated against? Aiming mostly US, maybeee UK asw? Also, comp obvi matters to me

TLDR: Hijabi confused between med and finance and whether she should take gap year to pursuit medicine or stay in finance.

Will I be cooked if I don't start in IB?

Should I really give up on finance?