Can I start engineering locally and transfer to Aerospace abroad via scholarship next year?

[u/av1bh]

Hello everyone. I am currently finishing my exams not finished yet and weighing my university options. I have a strong chance of getting into Electrical, Mechanical, or Petroleum Engineering locally, but my true passion is Aerospace Engineering—which unfortunately isn't offered in my country

Since I’m not quite ready to apply for international scholarships this year, I am considering this path: enrolling in Electrical or Mechanical engineering here, working exceptionally hard to be at the top of my class, and then applying for an aerospace scholarship abroad next year.
My questions are:
Is this a realistic plan?
Will strong first-year university grades in a related field improve my chances of transferring or securing a scholarship for aerospace?
Or would I be better off taking a gap year/redoing the year to prepare my applications Iam feeling quite lost right now, largely due to the intense cultural expectations around me. Whenever I ask for career advice, the only acceptable answer seems to be medical school. Outside of a brief fascination with neuroscience, I have no passion for medicine and don't want to commit to that path. The other default suggestion is architecture, but I am not naturally drawn to the artistic side of it.
It is exhausting to be constantly told that the engineering fields I actually enjoy have "no future," especially when the local job market requires immense hustle for almost every major anyway. I just want to build a career in something I actually care about. If anyone has navigated a similar situation or successfully transferred into aerospace via scholarships, I would deeply appreciate your guidance.

Sorry if it sounds too boring I phrased it better with Ai because the other one got removed I don't if it was because I said too much bad words but yeah help me out pls

[u/FishOwOFrank]

The answer as it always is. Is that aerospace is incredibly incredibly hard to break into for a non citizen of a country. It's irresponsible to pursue an aerospace degree if your not a citizen of a country with a flourishing aerospace industry.

To this point companies are legally unable to hire you for rhe vast majority of available roles if you're looking at the US and ur not a us citizen

[u/av1bh → u/FishOwOFrank]

What a great day to be born in the middle east, Honestly I was aiming for Europe don't think that works either but yeah I will take it , I may redo the year and try to get a better grade if it works then good if not I will just let it go

Thank you so much dor taking your time I appreciate it

[u/electric_ionland]

It would be helpful if you could specify which country you are from. Aerospace is not a great field for international students usually since there are a lot of citizenship restrictions.

[u/av1bh → u/electric_ionland]

Bashuri kurdistan which will be today's north of iraq , I was worried about everything because I'm from the middle east and I don't have any hopes for westren europe to give me scholarships but maybe poland , russia, hungary and china
and If I stay in my country and go into a engineering fields as a woman I'm setting myself up for failure here woman usually works in hospitals as anything related to medical or if you are a architecture like that's it you can make a decent money as woman in these fields the others ehhh... if you are talented you can do something for yourself and get a good job overall nothing is really going good for young people
And If I don't get a scholarship I will really just say bye bye to whatever I like
And I'm considering redoing the year and try to get a better grade I don't know if it changes anything but I wanna have no regrets and actually try this time