Questions about my future planning

I'm a junior in a non-target and I just landed an interniship at a small accounting firm (240 employees) here in San Francisco's financial district. I will be working on their consulting side doing business valuations for a wide array of industries. If I land a permanent job there I will be doing valuations as well as other aspects of consulting like mergers and aquisitions. I have a decent GPA right now (3.3) that will go up to at least a 3.5 by graduation time. I aspire to do well during the internship, get an offer, work for 3 years in the firm, apply for Berkely's Haas graduate program (rated 7th in the country by newsweek) and pursue an associate position in an IB. I have a few connections via a friend in Soloman Bros and Uncle's friends at Deutch and MS.

Does this sound like a feasible plan? Is this the right path for a consultant switchin to I banking?

Any suggestion and advice is welcomed.

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