FT 2026 Advice

I need some advice from people that may have taken the non-SA route. I am a current athlete getting my MSF. Don’t have a IB internship more Corp Finance but wanna break into IB so looking more boutiques but have had some strong calls at mm firms.Are there a list of boutiques or smaller LMM PE firms in NYC I should be targeting based on my background. Also, when should I reach back out to the calls I had this fall about last second seats opening up? I sent a bunch of cold emails but realized I made it more pitching myself and less about them so got no responses. Any advice is appreciated

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