Three Semesters Off of College? Am I Crazy?

I’m a sophomore currently on a gap year from college. Next semester there is a good chance I will have the opportunity for an M&A internship that would be very hard to turn down. Problem is that if I were to take this, this would be my third semester off of school. I’m slated to graduate early, so it would look like I only took a year off on paper. If I were to do this, would this be a red flag for IB and buyside recruiting? I’d rather do this and reap the benefit of the internship now than graduate early. For context, I took the first semester off due to financial reasons and the second one for another internship opportunity.

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