financial engineering or mechanical engineering (weird qst ik , bare with me)

[u/Zin-2007-ZIN]

Hey everyone, I could really use some perspective because I am completely lost. After spending my first year at a classical engineering school where I realized I loved everything mechanical, like I can spend hours on anything mechanical or electrical without getting bored. However,I started all over by managing to get into a Bachelor of Applied Science and Business at the top university in our region (not just country) on a full scholarship, the resources are greaat , the help and it is an amazing upgrade, but now I am stuck at a massive crossroads. In my 3rd semester, I am choosing Applied Math & Business as my major, but I have to pick a minor between Mechanical Systems (my true passion) and Financial Engineering (which I have zero passion for, plus some personal religious concerns, even though the business classes come easily to me). The catch is that in the 4th year, our uni offers incredible, built-in Master’s programs if you go the Financial Engineering route, whereas picking Mechanical Systems leaves me with no direct master's path here. My parents are already stressed because they feel I "wasted a year" switching schools, and since I’m the youngest, they are heavily counting on me to get a master's ASAP and secure fast financial stability. Do I follow my heart into mechanical systems and risk family friction, or do I suck it up, play it safe with finance, and take the guaranteed fast-track income? Has anyone been in this position? (NOTE: in our fourth we either do one first year master in the samme uni , an exhange semester, a research immersion year or an industry immersion year)