Career in IB without an Internship from a non-target school

Hey everyone, I'm going to start my penultimate year after the summer and I am going to apply for SA roles when they open in a month, now I come from a non-target school as my University is in Edinburgh, Scotland and the closet IB firms are in London, so hundreds of miles away so I find that it may be difficult to network with some M&A bankers. I was curious about if worst case scenario if I get no offers and manage to graduate in 2 years with a 2:1 what would the possibility be of me being able to land a role in IB?

I'd appreciate any feedback

Thanks Stephen

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