How to best spend a gap year between IBD summer internship and full time?

Provided that I will secure a full-time offer following my 2016 IBD summer internship at top BB bank in London, how should I spend my gap year between the end of my internship and beginning of the full-time role in 2017? I will be graduating from uni with undergrad Bsc in June 2016. My long term goal is to break into PE, VC or do entrepreneurship. I can think of the following options:

1) Do Masters degree - I would prefer not to because of the costs 2) Working for another employer 3) Start or join a startup 4) Try to get an off cycle internship in IBD or related 5) Anything else you would recommend?

Thank you for your advice

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I am an aspiring banker... Traveling is for consultants, fun is for wimps.

Kidding :) Thanks for your answer. I considered that but I would rather feel productive and do something or create something or earn some money.

 

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