Screwed up- Need advice

Hi guys,

I'm an undergrad (finance-rising senior) at Fordham university, and with graduation looming closer I need some serious career advice. I have a decent GPA 3.4 overall, major GPA 3.7, but I seriously screwed up with my junior summer internship. Freshman year I worked for a stock brokerage firm, and sophomore year I managed to secure an ok wealth management internship (a lot of cold calling but at least put in the hours for a better finance internship (was hoping for investment banking). While I may have been able to accomplish that, certain family complications this year forced me into taking an internship (finance/accounting at a large food distribution company) where 1 business trip back home was included, as well as a ticket home for the summer. I'm now worried that I will be forced to work in PWM (and not even that is really a given at this point). While my modeling experience is basically nonexistent, I am a really quick learner (although good luck selling that in an interview). I'm networking hard right now and trying to get some kind of part-time analyst position during the school year to save face but have not seen any real results thus far. Any nudges in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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