gap semester/year to look for a different internship before graduating?

hey wso,

i'm currently interning at a BB for sales and trading, and i'm halfway through the internship. i realized i honestly didn't like the role of s&t at all and tbh i don't think i'm getting the FT either due to headcount and performance reasons. i'm wondering whether it would be a good idea to just take a gap sem/year to focus on recruiting and focus on looking at different roles and seeing which ones i like. i also feel like there's no seats for analyst positions anyways

is this a good idea? or am i just jumping into conclusions? am i overthinking? is it worth it to delay grad?? 

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