Am I cooked? Losing my Sanity

Sophomore at a target french business school and absolutely and unequivically losing my fucking mind. Spend 90% of my days juiced to the tits on adderall while either building fucking DCF and LBO models or networking/applying to internships.

At what point should call it quits looking for 2025 SA roles? solid GPA, three citizenships (EU, US, and UK) so I can work wherever the fuck I want without a visa, can build any model (within reason) with my fucking eyes closed, uncles a COO at a tier 1 euro bank, and Im even fucking diversity (but not like the rest of you quota-cucks) YET NO FUCKING OFFERS.

Every fucking internship I apply find has "penultimate year" as a god damn requirenment, even the wealth management shitters want it.

The only option available is networking and working in France, only issue is the average French person is a fucking moron and cannot speak English. Genuinely outrageous how the French have lasted this long with their innability to communicate clearly with anyone that does not come from their country. The competition here isnt even that bad the vast majority of people Ive spoken to have said "eeeeeh I maybe want to work eeeeh as a finance manager?", absolutely fucking braindead. 

Need me a solid evaluation, am I cooked?

Am I cooked?

Yes
75% (3 votes)
No
25% (1 vote)
Total votes: 4
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