advice for full-time recruiting - screwed SA 26

hey i completely screwed up recruiting for SA 26; couldn't network in the fall at all due to personal circumstances (health), and have been trying to network in jan, but not getting many responses anywhere - decided to go ahead and apply cold.

realizing i'm probably not going to get a SA 26 gig in banking, but really, really, really want to pursue banking out of school. I learnt about IB very late (mid-late soph fall), and was hoping apps would open march as they did last year.

Looking for advice on how to approach FT recruiting (without a banking internship, timelines, how to network, when to start networking, what to prep above SA level, etc.)

Thank you so much!

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