Junior in college looking for guidance into investment banking

I am a junior in college and love to trade. I have a really busy schedule and spend most of my free time reviewing charts, looking up new stocks, and trading.

I have been reading a lot of the forum boards about trading and people keep talking about how trading at investment firms is dead.

What sort of career should I get into then? I have been to numerous info sessions and met with people in all sorts of different industries: financial sponsors, healthcare, tech, lev. finance, equity capital markets, etc...

I feel lost and could really use some help and guidance so I know what internships to try to get. Thanks for any and all help!

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