Broke into a BB from Community College

I’m a sophomore in a community college and was able to break into a bulge bracket as a SA for 2026 for IBD. For context I didn’t do any networking for the bank I broke into and have one internship for this summer at a different bulge bracket in a non-finance related division. was wondering if there were any other people that were able to break into IB from a community college and what that experience was. Anyways I’m thankful for this forum I wouldn’t have been prepared for the interviews and the recruitment process without it.

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