Internship at a hedge fund

In short, I emailed hedge funds with my cv, cover letter and some answers to general interview questions. I received a response from a fund that I know only tends to take on interns if you have a contact in the industry - which I do not - however they only seem to respond when I ask if they'd like any more details. For example, I received an email asking when I'd hope for a possible internship to take place, I replied and they did not respond until I emailed again (roughly 3 weeks later) to which they responded very quickly asking for my grades. This has been since September.

Does anyone have any advice on how I should move forward with this fund? I do not want to appear rude but also think I need to push them to get the ball rolling faster.

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Your manners are atrocious. If you must know I wrote this post on my phone and didn't bother to check my grammar as I was in a rush and this is an online forum not a job application.

I have two other offers from businesses and I am currently going through an application process with many others but I am persevering with this fund as it is my favoured option.

I wrote some answers to general interview questions.

Meghan
 

Then I apologise but if you are not willing to respond to my question then there is no need to continue this conversation. I do realise that this isn't YahooAnswers and I usually check my grammar and make sure to word things better, you do not know why I did not take the time to in this instance so there's no need to be rude.

Meghan
 

Just say you have an exploding offer somewhere else and would like to gain further insight where you stand before you're forced to take the other offer.

 
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