Emailing alumni at banks I'm interviewing at?

What's the protocol for this? I have a ton of first rounds coming up in January and wanted to do some networking beforehand. Is finding alumni through my schools directory/linkedin and emailing them to introduce myself/ask them for a phone conversation before my first round a good idea?

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