Am I Fucked? GPA for Lateral

Currently at an MM bank and looking to lateral to a BB/EB. Went to a T25 school, STEM major, but have around a 3.6 GPA. Pretty worried this is going to fuck me over when applying.

I've seen a lot of banks list 3.5 minimums, but not sure if that's actually the cutoff or if they're realistically looking for 3.7+ even for laterals. Do banks actually care about undergrad GPA once you're already working in IB? Or is it mostly about your deal experience and interviews at that point?

Basically trying to figure out if a 3.6 is going to get my resume tossed before I even get a shot. Anyone have experience lateraling with a similar GPA, especially to an EB?

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