What should I do?

I am currently a rising junior at a non-target university. I am currently in the middle of my summer internship but it is not related to finance (it's HR). I have a GPA of ~3.75 along with certificates from WSO and I have passed the SIE exam. I am interested in consulting internship for the 2024 Summer but I am not sure if I am qualified since I do not have any finance internships. I am wondering if it would be advisable to get a finance-related internship during the 2024 Summer and then apply for Full-Time hire after completing my undergrad in May 2025. I am sure that having a finance internship would help me if I decided to exit consulting so that is why I am debating this. If you have any suggestions to build my resume more to make it easier to break into consulting it would be much appreciated.

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