<p>Save the money for grad school. Like others have mentioned. Much easier to get into a great grad school than to get a mythical internship that pays that much. If you are as good and as determined as you appear, you will eventually make the money even if it isn’t in your first year or two of work. Many of those who come from elite programs fail when they get to real work because they seem to think that they have ‘arrived’. Keep working hard and keep your costs down.</p>