Lost looking for the best next step

Based in Europe, doing a working gap year between first and second year of mim at a tier 0 business school. Currently wrapping an internship in corporate and recently scored an MBB off cycle internship (PE team). Too late to leverage that for summer recruiting in top banks/funds and stuck not knowing what to do. Goal is to do turnaround PE in an MF or HF. Should I just enjoy my summer and recruit for graduate programs next year or look for way less prestigious opportunities broadly in finance to stack up experience?

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