Breaking into Houston IB as a senior in undergrad?

Econ major. 3.9 gpa at TAMU. Went the pre law path and got involved on that end, only to find I’m much more interested in business/finance side. Coming up on my senior year this fall.

i had an internship at a law firm, sales internship with a “downstream” o&g company, and some entrepreneurial experience that I stopped after freshman year. also have some coding and excel experience via econometrics courses (made it through the highest level of undergrad econometrics with As in all of these classes). Made it through two accounting courses with As

What can I do to break into Houston IB or VC? Is there an industry adjacent job I can get with the experience I have out of undergrad? 
 

im confident in my abilities and technical capabilities- im just not sure where to start.

thanks guys!

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