How to get in?

There are relatively clear and publicized methods of getting into a top BB on this forum. How does it work for trying to get into a top fund or manager internship (I.e. PIMCO).

I'm a sophomore at a non-target who did PWM at Morgan Stanley after freshman year. I'm pretty comfortable with macroeconomic trends and fundamental valuation. I want to work in portfolio management. What are the moves I should make for this summer?

1) Apply straight to something like BlackRock/PIMCO?
2) Do IB or ER to get experience while trying to network into bigger funds?
3) intern at smaller but still good funds such as PowerShares, ProShares, Brandywine, etc while networking to Asset Management on a larger scale
4) Do I have to do work elsewhere for 2 years first?
5) Something else?

Honestly, I would love to work at PIMCO-and not BlackRock. I've spoke to people at both firms and their expertise and culture differ from what I've learned and I prefer the leaner size and value of intelligent research PIMCO has as opposed to the largeness of BlackRock.

What moves do I make?

 

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