Which internships should I shoot for?

I'm a 3.85 rising junior at a target (not HYPS) but my sophomore internship wasn't great (think analyst at a F1000 tech company) and I have average leadership experience. I will be applying for every consulting internship I can including MBB but I feel like its more realistic for me to shoot for a non-consulting internship after my junior year.

From my understanding, if my ultimate goal is consulting, summer internships would be ranked something like this:

MBB>tier 2 consulting>boutiques>corporate strategy>???.

Is this correct? Any ideas on which firms offer good internships that lead into consulting? Thanks a lot!

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