I am very keen to do business consulting at EY and undertake the graduate scheme starting in 2023, however the application deadline for the consulting internship for summer 2022 has already passed. The internship applications for assurance however are still open, which is another area I have interest in (be it not so much as consultancy), so I'm considering applying for that instead in order to get key experience of working at EY. However, I am conscious that I might then be stuck in assurance and have to do that graduate scheme rather than a business consulting one, as I have read in other responses to questions on here how you prefer students not to change business area. Hence, would it be better for me to just wait until next year to apply to EY and apply straight to the business consulting graduate scheme (for 2023 start)? Or would it still be worth me applying to the assurance internship (summer 2022) now to gain experience, and then trying to switch business area to the business consulting graduate scheme (2023 start) afterwards? (sorry for the long question, thanks in advance!)