Is it obligatory for a diligent 17-year-old female student to abandon her academic studies and dedicate herself entirely to religious knowledge, especially since she feels anxious and sad about not allocating enough time for it?

We thank the questioner for her keenness in seeking sacred knowledge. We advise her to fear Allah and not to abandon her studies, and to strive to combine her secular studies with the acquisition of sacred knowledge, especially during vacation periods. Indeed, the Ummah is in need of worldly specializations undertaken by righteous individuals.