No internships this summer, I am doomed

hi all,

I am currently a MSc student at a top uni in UK, it is in London but so far have been unable to land an internship, off-cycle or full time roles in banking. I am interested in sales and trading and done 2 interviews with a Canadian bulge bracket bank for a summer internship and reached a final stage interview with one of them. After a month, the result of the final interview was rejection. 

Is there any advice from you guys on what I should be doing now? I have this entire summer free apart from completing my dissertation and handing it over September. My plan was to do the internship this summer and complete the disso too. But now I am truly doomed. 

Thanks

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