Engineering Finance BS regret - 2nd degree in ME Engineering?

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A finance major in their senior year, with a strong GPA but lacking motivation for a finance career, expresses a desire to transition into mechanical engineering after graduation. They have a passion for STEM subjects and are currently taking advanced calculus courses. However, as a foreign student, they face visa restrictions that require them to secure a job in the finance sector to remain in the U.S. The individual is considering working full-time while pursuing an Associate's Degree in Engineering at a community college, with the intention of later transferring to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor's degree. They seek advice on whether this plan is feasible and if previously completed courses like calculus would transfer or need to be retaken.
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Thank god I found this website! Bear with me, its a bit of a long explanation before the question..
So let me start by saying that I'm a finance major, senior year, excellent GPA, but tremendously unmotivated for prospective business/finance industry. I love sciences, I love maths and I've always had this huge crush on anything relating technology/mechanical structures, processes etc. I know that love alone for these subjects is not enough, performance and aptitude for them are crucial, from an academic/intellectual point of view I'm fairly good at STEM subjects. Even though my school didn't required CALC I for finance I took it already, got to love those integrals!. I'll be taking Calc II fall and Calc III during Spring just before I graduate. I want to get a mechanical engineering degree after I graduate... but there's a catch

The thing is I'm a foreign student meaning my options are limited. For the sake of simplicity I have to get a job in the finance sector after I graduate so I can stay in the U.S, love KC ... specially those sweet bbq ribs around here!. Problem is I can't stay in school to start engineering BS, my visa doesn't allows it, if I want to stay I need a job in the financial industry. My idea, bit nuts and all, was to work full time while I attend Community College for an Associates Degree in Engineering... possible ? ... and then transfer to a nearby 4year school to finish it, having already knocked off my Gen Ed courses and Calc I-III would make the workload easier? or would I have to take them all over again? Thanks a lot guys!
 
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