Sophomore Looking for Internship to Aid in Attaining Corporate Finance Career

I'm currently a sophomore at an SEC (non-target) school majoring in finance and accounting, and I'm hoping to get a summer internship in my area (Washington, D.C. area). I have a 3.7 GPA and several leadership positions on campus with my only work experience coming from swim team coaching. I hope to work in corporate finance in the future, but that goal might easily change. What advice can y'all give me? What types of firms would be most beneficial to reach out to? Do I have much of a chance?

Obviously I'm a complete idiot for not actively working on this sooner. In the likely case that I don't get an internship, I have the options of coaching again and working for my uncle's accounting practice. 

 
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