Rate my action plan for MSF and breaking into finance

Hi Everyone,


Quick Background: Was an engineering major, failed out, switched to Economics going into my junior year, got my act together, and got on the dean's list (finding out I had adhd and getting medicated was a huge factor). I'm graduating this spring, I currently have a 2.7, best case I graduate with a 3.1 GPA. 

I go to OSU (not Fisher), and my plan is: to get a stellar GRE score, graduate with at least a 3.0, get into a good MSF program (Vandy, UChicago) then break into finance ideally IB or sales and trading. The only relevant experience I have is a consulting internship through the school. Applied to about 1000 internships for this summer but had no luck.

I realize that I'm pretty late in the game and I'm still playing catch up. But assuming that cost is not an issue, what advice would you offer me? Are there additional things that I should start doing/considering now? How should I go about networking?

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