show me the PE!

Hi! I'm a rising junior at a target school, BAs in econ & psyc, GPA 3.6 I'm interested in getting into PE, but I've got no work experience in finance so far. Am I pretty much screwed? If not, what should I do to land that intern/job? Thanks lots =)

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