Need Individual Advice & Resume Critique

WSO, I hope your Sunday went well - big win for the Jets today, so S/O Geno Smith for any fellow NY Jets fans.

I posted my resume, so please critique it if you have the time. Really quickly I will summarize my background/experience, current situation and what I'm trying to do.

-December 2012 Graduate --> Really Small Non-Target in Florida --> Finance & Economics

-Low to Decent overall GPA (3.34); Which I can explain pretty well ( was unsure of what I wanted to do, distracted by college/partying/sports, etc. and eventually tightened up to where I had above a 3.5 my last 3 semesters and a 4.0 my last semester)

-Have 3 solid internship experiences, the main one being in private wealth management, but they pale in comparison to SA gigs in investment banking (See Resume)

-Solid Extracurriculars/Leadership --> 2-sport athlete in football & lacrosse my freshman year; hurt my neck and got a scholarship to play lacrosse in Florida --> Was captain of the team for 2 years, various individual awards, etc.

-Post-Grad --> Accepted to a program called the 4k for Cancer and spent 70 days from June 2nd 2013 to August 17th crossing the country on a bike with a team of 26...Great leadership experience, has helped me out in a few interviews (only for crappy positions) and has really been a good talking point in many different ways during networking/informational interviews

I'm looking to break into Investment Banking, Equity Research or Asset Management ( in that order)...have been networking as much as possible. Any tips or advice would be appreciated. I know that networking is going to be the be-all, end-all here so I will continue to do that where I can.

In regards to other positions that might be good stepping stones to break into IB down the road, what would you all recommend? corporate finance? Real Estate?

Thanks in advance

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