Little bit of life advice needed

Hey all, need some advice. Sophomore at a target business school. I got an offer to intern in Hong Kong this summer and I was planning on going until I talked to a few recruiters about my GPA. Finished with a 3.2 last semester and am likely going to finish the year with a 3.4.

So here's the dilemma: I could stay for spring term and pad my GPA with some easier classes which would help me when I recruit for junior year internships, but I wouldn’t be able to do Hong Kong- would likely have to find something stateside instead (OR) I could continue with the Hong Kong internship and go into recruiting with a GPA lower than most of the kids I’m competing with. Experiences vs. GPA. Would appreciate some candid and objective advice.

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