Help an Australian student from target uni trying to get into IB (M&A)

Hi guys, hope there's somebody out there who's willing to be ruthless and brutally honest in reviewing my resume/CV.

A bit of background - I'm in Australia and I used to work as an engineer before wanting to switch to IB M&A. So I started studying a Masters in Commerce in the hopes of breaking in. Will be graduating this year and actually have a 3 week internship at a boutique IB lined up next month in Feb. I've yet to put this into the resume but it'll definitely be part of it when I've completed it.

Hope I could get your thoughts on what I've done so far and whether or not it needs any changes to what I've written or how it's formatted. Please rip into it!

If it helps, a GPA of 6.7 out of 7.0 in Australia is about 3.8 out of 4.0 in the US approximately. Also, I'll be applying for the graduate analyst roles at BBs in the coming months.

Thanks so much in advance guys!

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