Should I take a gap year before MSc in Finance to get more experience

Hi guys!
I'm currently a second-year bachelor's student at Bocconi University. Unfortunately, I was late applying for SA internships and missed out. Ultimately, I ended up with a financial planning internship at a big multinational industrial group. I plan to get into IB in London, and I know that my resume is not strong.
My current GPA is the equivalent of First Class Honours/4.0. I've joined several finance-related associations at my uni and have a good chance of landing an off-cycle internship at a bank in my third year.
Either way, I would like your opinions on whether you would take a gap year or go straight into MSc finance in unis such as LBS, LSE, Imperial... I'm scared that if I join a one-year program with little experience, my resume will lack heavily compared to my peers once I graduate.

 

Not true at all. MFins are extremely high ROI. The HEC MIF had an average salary of €140k after three years. If you have in any way a strong resume you will get a London SA

 

Gap year before MFin is also high ROI unless you are in a rush to start a career.

 

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