Advice for a young monk

Greetings all,
So, I'll get right into it. I want to make it to NYC. I'm a junior graduating next fall from a non-target school double majoring in finance and economics. While I don't have the best cum. GPA(3.02), I have a 3.67 major GPA(I know that is still not the best). Before anyone starts to insult me regarding my GPA, please bear in mind that I have dealt with losing my father to cancer during my sophomore year. I am in no way making an excuse for a low gpa, but I want to insist my GPA does not directly reflect the type of student I am. The city I attend college in is, well, complete shit, at least regarding finance-related careers.

For experience, I have no internships under my belt. However, I have an upcoming internship this summer with WFC in WM. I have worked as a teller for WFC for a little over a year. The problem is, I want nothing to do with anything financial advisor related. I want to be an analyst 110%. Like I said earlier, there are very few options in the city I attend college. Literally everything up here finance related is either with Merrill Lynch, Edward Joins, or NW mutual. I do not want the fact that I have customer service related experience to affect my chance at equity research related positions. Ideally, my goal is to lock down a junior position as an investment analyst out of college and work my way from there. I plan to move back to my states capital upon graduation, so I can leave this shit hole city behind.

Do you guys think I would be better off leaving the WM internship off my resume? I want to show I have been working during my time through college, so I don't want to exclude the teller position. I understand making my way to NYC straight out of graduation is a bit unrealistic, which is why I am settling for sticking around my state for a few years of experience before attending a respectable business school.

 

Good point. I guess my main concern deals more with the presentation of my resume. I don't want future employers to be under the impression that I EVER considered a role as an FA. No disrespect toward advisors, but I just want to emphasize my my quantitative skills rather than interpersonal.

 
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