Out-of-luck Junior at a Semi-Target Dreams Naively of a FT Consulting Gig

Despite receiving numerous interviews at good consultancies during the fall semester, he let opportunity after opportunity slip through his hands. He wonders, with no small measure of self-pity, whether he's missing something crucial, some elusive piece of the puzzle. He lets life get in the way and sets aside recruiting temporarily.

Suddenly, it's January. Crunch time. It's not too late; he thinks he can, he thinks he can, he thinks he can secure an internship. He applies here, there, everywhere. He applies to at least a hundred companies—and gets some bites. He rushes to video interviews when he should be rushing to classes. He even flies to NYC on a Tuesday. He applies to a non-academic travel grant that he's a shoo-in for; Guatemala's a good back-up plan, he thinks.

COVID-19 comes to town. He goes home for spring break and gets stuck in his parent's house. A sense of dread starts to set in, but he still has interviews lined up. Finally! After four rounds, he gets something like a verbal offer from a Fortune 100-equivalent healthcare "nonprofit." It's FP&A but seems promising. A week later, the call comes: the internship is canceled.

Now, April's halfway over. Where in the world did the time go? He applies, half-heartedly, to a few uninteresting positions when he surfaces from his schoolwork, but what's the point? Still, he dreams of a successful fall recruiting season, of that wonderful-horrible-mythical consulting lifestyle. What can he do over the summer to land an offer next year?

Source: Me

True story. What do I do now? I'll probably work on my senior thesis and some personal projects, but I think the fact that my resume is lacking in team experiences hurt during the last recruiting season. I just feel discouraged and lost.

GPA: mediocre, 3.5
School: state school
Extracurriculars: unimpressive; I haven't done anything of interest since sophomore year due to personal reasons I wouldn't be able to bring up in an interview