Undergrad straight to buy side - am I fucked?

Background - I got a great opportunity to go to a small buy side firm straight out of undergrad. I will be an intern next summer and am very excited, the pay is very good and I know I got very lucky to have this opportunity. One thing I am concerned about - this summer my internship is offering very little modeling experience and instead I am getting a lot of typical buy side exposure (basically learning the process from NDA to Closing). I am having a great experience and am learning a ton about the general deal process, but am worried that I may get crossed over by some intense complex modeling. Not just that but I feel as though there are aspects that I may potentially be missing out on that i would get from IB. Thoughts?

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