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2027 Thanaweya Amma: Medicine or Engineering (AI/Biomedical)? I don't know what to choose.

I'm in the 2027 Thanaweya Amma batch (not the new baccalaureate system) and I'm stuck between Science and Math.

I'm trying to think long-term, especially with AI advancing so fast. I have an IELTS 8.5, and I'm already comfortable with self-learning AI, machine learning, and agentic coding.

My dilemma:

• Science: If I get Medicine, I'd be a second-generation doctor. My father was a neurosurgeon, so I'd have guidance and experience.
• Math: If I get Engineering, I'd aim for Biomedical Engineering with a focus on AI and machine learning. I also have an engineer in my family who can mentor me.

What worries me most is this:

If I choose Science but miss Medicine, my options may be weaker. With Math, I feel there are stronger backup choices even if I don't get my first preference.

Right now I've chosen Math, but I can still switch to Science before December. I also prayed Salat Al-Istikhara, but I'm still unsure.

My family says:

«"Anyone can learn programming online, but not everyone can become a doctor without medical school."»

My father used to say something similar:

«"Even a soap factory worker can become an ambassador, but not just anyone can become a doctor."»

So I'm torn.

Should I choose Medicine and use my family's background, or Engineering and build a career in AI and biomedical tech?

If you were me, what would you do, and why?

I'd especially like to hear from doctors, engineers, biomedical engineers, AI professionals, or anyone who's faced a similar choice.This version is balanced and should encourage people from both fields to give you thoughtful advice instead of just saying "follow your passion."

2027 Thanaweya Amma: Medicine or Engineering (AI/Biomedical)? I don't know what to choose.

I'm in the 2027 Thanaweya Amma batch (not the new baccalaureate system) and I'm stuck between Science and Math.

I'm trying to think long-term, especially with AI advancing so fast. I have an IELTS 8.5, and I'm already comfortable with self-learning AI, machine learning, and agentic coding.

My dilemma:

• Science: If I get Medicine, I'd be a second-generation doctor. My father was a neurosurgeon, so I'd have guidance and experience.
• Math: If I get Engineering, I'd aim for Biomedical Engineering with a focus on AI and machine learning. I also have an engineer in my family who can mentor me.

What worries me most is this:

If I choose Science but miss Medicine, my options may be weaker. With Math, I feel there are stronger backup choices even if I don't get my first preference.

Right now I've chosen Math, but I can still switch to Science before December. I also prayed Salat Al-Istikhara, but I'm still unsure.

My family says:

«"Anyone can learn programming online, but not everyone can become a doctor without medical school."»

My father used to say something similar:

«"Even a soap factory worker can become an ambassador, but not just anyone can become a doctor."»

So I'm torn.

Should I choose Medicine and use my family's background, or Engineering and build a career in AI and biomedical tech?

If you were me, what would you do, and why?

I'd especially like to hear from doctors, engineers, biomedical engineers, AI professionals, or anyone who's faced a similar choice.This version is balanced and should encourage people from both fields to give you thoughtful advice instead of just saying "follow your passion."

Hello, I just woke up from one of the worst nightmares I’ve ever had and it genuinely scared the shit out of me. I was sleeping on my side when my alarm rang, so I woke up half-conscious and pressed snooze because I wanted another 10 minutes of sleep. When the alarm rang again, that’s when everything started.

In the dream, I heard someone talking in a voice that sounded exactly like Billie Eilish. She was talking about horror movie alarms and said something like: “I made an alarm that sounds like a horror movie. Two alarms. One is the Michael Myers opening scene with the door opening, and the second is the sound of the monster running toward you and climbing onto the bed.”

The second she finished saying that, my actual alarm rang in real life — and the nightmare immediately started.

I suddenly heard a door open somewhere behind me.

Then silence for like one second.

Then I heard something sprinting insanely fast across my room. Not normal running either — the kind of speed where you instantly know something is wrong. Before I could even process what was happening, I heard the side of my bed creak slowly under its weight and felt something jump onto it behind me.

I swear it felt completely real.

The worst part was that my room looked EXACTLY like my real room. Nothing looked distorted or dreamlike. It genuinely felt like I had woken up normally and something was actually there with me.

I felt the mattress sink from its weight, then felt something touch the back of my neck. My neck instantly went cold. I couldn’t move anything at all. Not my hands, not my fingers, not even the rest of my body. I couldn’t breathe properly, couldn’t scream, couldn’t call for help. I tried to shut my eyes but for some reason I couldn’t even close my right eye. I was completely frozen in fear.

And then I felt breathing near my ear.

Not loud breathing — slow, heavy breaths, like something was leaning directly over me. I couldn’t even feel air on my skin properly, but I could hear it right next to my ear and it made everything feel even more real.

The worst part is that I never actually looked at it directly. I only felt it behind me. I could feel its presence, the pressure on the bed, the touch on my neck, and hear how unbelievably fast it moved. But with my right eye barely open, I could see its shadow on the right side of the bed as it leaned over me.

And the shadow looked like it was smiling.

Not a normal smile either — this huge distorted grin stretched unnaturally from ear to ear while it looked down at me. I never saw details of its face, only the outline and that impossible smile in the shadow. Somehow that made it even worse because my brain filled in the rest.

And I swear the more scared I became, the wider the smile looked.

What terrified me most wasn’t even how it looked — it was the speed. The second the voice stopped talking, the thing instantly rushed at me. No pause. No warning. Just pure speed. The feeling of the bed sinking behind me genuinely scared me more than anything else.

The scariest part is that I think my brain connected the alarm sound to the dream instantly, because from the moment the alarm rang I already felt like something horrible was about to happen.

But then I suddenly remembered something I once heard about sleep paralysis — that your brain is pumping adrenaline and sometimes you can still affect the dream if you focus hard enough. So instead of panicking, I tried to fight back in my head.

I imagined grabbing the hand that was holding my neck and twisting it with everything I had.

The second I did that, the shadow’s smile changed. The huge grin that was stretched upward toward its face suddenly dropped downward and disappeared, and somehow that instantly made it feel less terrifying. It was like the thing lost whatever control it had over me.

Right after that, I started focusing on moving my real fingers in real life. At first they barely twitched, but once I felt them move, the whole thing suddenly vanished.

I woke up with my heart racing and I genuinely didn’t want to turn around for a few seconds because it still felt like something was there behind me. Even after waking up, the back of my neck still felt cold and numb for a little while.

The weirdest part is that I don’t even believe in paranormal stuff or demons or any of that, so while it was happening I knew it had to be a nightmare or sleep paralysis or something… but it felt way too real. Like my brain couldn’t tell the difference between the dream and reality.

I read a lot of horror manhwas, so that’s probably where my brain got all this nightmare fuel from, but in the moment none of that mattered because it felt completely real.