How to land a private equity internship from a "non-traget" school

Hey, i am currently doing a bachelor in finance at a pretty mid tier school (here in norrway there are only 1 school who is a traget) and was wondering how i can strenghten my resume to compete and land a internship for off cycle or for summer. 

I have done quite a bit of research on the topic, but still cant really determine of what measures is worth to do. I have founded the stock group at group at my college, thinking of doing a undpaid search fund internship and have a 3.7 gpa. Is there anyhting that is worth to do to better my odds? should i also apply for smaller firms for internships overseas? 

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