Almost dropped out of University, and barely graduated. Did I screw myself?

Starting off, I had a pretty horrendous GPA. I graduated from a no-name school with less than a 2.5 GPA, and during college, and my focus wasn't going towards my classes unless I genuinely enjoyed them. I had no intent of going into finance after college, and my original goal was to gravitate towards an industry that doesn't require a very strong academic background as the main purpose of me pushing through was to just get my degree.

However, after graduating, I got a job at a major Financial Media firm ( think FactSet, Thomson Reuters, Refinitiv, Bloomberg, etc.) in a role that I was passionate about (non-finance related), and actually devoted my focus in college to this industry rather than my classes and working towards my grades. Even before my college career, I started my own business (first time I got paid for my services, was when I was 12 years old) , developing clients all over the United States, and also worked alongside my parent's financial services organization and their strategic partners. From the end of high school the end of college, my own company had various clients ranging from Fortune 500 Firms, to the partners that my parent's organization works with. While working at that, I decided to work under my parents part-time remotely while at University, and was able to provide client referrals, increase their entire AUM by a good chunk, conduct sales of financial products to over 50 clients, and build up a team of individuals who are still producing business, to this day.

It wasn't until I joined the workforce, that my interest in wealth management and asset management developed. Because of my parents, I grew up surrounded by (personal) finance representatives from various organizations, been on countless corporate trips with their colleagues, VP's, Directors, etc., and after joining the a financial media firm consistently being surrounded by individuals who work with all major financial institutions (BB's, EB, PE firms, etc) only grew my interest, I wanted a piece of it.

My main interest now is asset management and wealth management, with the intent to do whatever it takes to secure an entry level position at a firm, but am I out of luck? I'm currently sponsored to get my SIE, 6/63 and working towards that in the interim as well, have a general knowledge of wealth management and personal finance (partly due to me being grown around it), and have started networking non-stop. Have experience in working 80+ hour weeks doing what I love, already built a network of individuals who I can reach out to in the High Net Worth space who are potential clients, and am eager to join even any program, especially entry level, to get a solid foundation.

I know this industry is connections, however, all the connections I have are majority within personal finance, and not the kind of companies I'm looking to aim for. Should I switch to another industry, or keep applying? I purposely am not putting my GPA down on resumes, but my passion has shifted from what I was exceptionally good at, to now something I never initially had interest in, however, not focusing in college was the biggest thing I regret. I'm at the point where I'm applying to administrative positions just to get my foot in the door, and would do whatever it takes to do so. Any suggestions?