Back-Up Plan

Curious to see what others have to say about this. For context I am a sophomore at a semi-target school with decent grades and a few relevant internships. My goal is to place into a good shop for summer of 24 (think Fidelity, TRowe, Blackrock.) It's obviously very competitive and there are no guarantees. I have networked and done mock interviews ect with all of the firms I would want to place at. 

Thinking about different scenarios there is a chance that I don't place at any big names. My back-up plan would be to try and recruit at smaller shops or HFs that do recruiting later or unstructured. If October rolls around and I still don't have an offer what is the best way to eventually getting into AM? Recruit full for time? How does that process usually look? 

I guess the best summery for my question is what are the best non traditional ways to break into AM if you fail at full time and internship recruiting. Thanks!

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