Non-Target School Senior with a 2.99 GPA

Hello everyone,

I am a community college transfer student that is now a senior at The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) studying Economics and Accounting. Furthermore, I posses no experience in Investment banking, Real estate IB, Wealth Management, Financial modeling, etc. In other words I have no finance experience what so ever. My only real experience was management at a J.W. Marriott.

Since this past summer I have been emailing firms in my area for internships. My strategy is that I send out my emails Monday-Friday between (9am-11:00am). Yet there are hardly any replies and those that do, never follow through.

I have this quarter and 2 more quarters to boost my GPA. Currently, I am on schedule to graduate with only taking 2 core classes per quarter from here on out.

Ultimately, my questions for the forum is:

Is there any shot for me? Is there another road I can take to break in?

Should I take more Major related classes to boost my GPA?

General advice is great too.

Thanks,

Jordan