Big 4 vs corporate internship

I am at a target business school in EU and I am looking for an internship for my gap year before graduation. I don't have finance experience, and I only have one stupid internship, so I think I can't aim too high even if I'm at a top school. My long term goal would be to get into VC. As a first internship I'm thinking about going into big 4 consulting or some finance role in some corporate or startup and then move to BB before shooting my shot for VC.

Do you think that this can be a good plan? What do you think would be the best first internship considering that I'm at a very top school?

 

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