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.

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MSc-Fins are complete wastes of money. You will be in the same place you are currently but older, more debt, and still the same amount of professional work experience. 

 

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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