Need some direction

Hi all,

I’ve posted similarly here but that received no traction.

Just some background: - non-target - final year of school - 3.7 gpa - 1 AM internship - 1 Corp Dev internship (no deal experience so more bus dev)

I’ve had absolutely 0 luck with recruiting for both full time or internship this cycle.

I’ve interviewed with 2 firms this last month after copious amounts of networking. Nothing has materialized in an offer and I am currently jobless.

So looking for direction as I graduate in 4 months, I am beginning my networking process with the big 4 in terms of corporate finance.

So as of now my options are: - take what ever shitty job I can get and do an MBA (hopefully at a target) - Take a year off and move back in with my parents (obviously still keeping up my network) - See what happens in the 4 months before I graduate

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