Freshman internships other than quant?

Hello everyone. Freshman currently at a very non target school for quant. I’ve been running market making bots on cryptos and had a ton of fun with them. Sent in applications for a few quant internships but I haven’t (and don’t expect that I will have) heard back from any. Does anybody have some recommendations on what I should look for this summer that isn’t school selective? I’ve been looking at some smaller prop trading firms but I don’t expect them to want a freshman.

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