Late to Game, Senior UG no finance internships, Solid GPA

I'm currently a senior in a respectable UG with a 3.9. I originally planned to go to law school, first major being a liberal art, until I studied abroad during junior year, learned Mandarin, and fell in love with finance. I'm now majoring in Econ (4.0 in all classes thus far) and expect to graduate on time by next spring 2013. The problem is, I have no finance related internships. I have interned at the local D.A.'s office and at retail stores. I would love to know how you guys would approach breaking into finance from my current position.

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HowardRoarkI was thinking that, but my concern is that by the time I apply (which would be in a month or two), I wouldn't have enough quantitative type courses on my resume since I only recently picked up econ.

I'm pretty sure most of them are interested in your moneys moreso than your quantitative type courses

This to all my hatin' folks seeing me getting guac right now..
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