Graduating Senior looking to Break into IB

Hello everyone, I happen to find myself fighting a pretty tough uphill battle and would love some advice on how to move forward. As the title claims, I am a graduating Senior who wants to break into IB. To provide some context, I study at a complete non-target(Finance) and my GPA is below a 3.5. I have had internship experiences in MM wealth management, corporate finance and a broker/dealer. Additionally, I managed to land a FT FP&A offer with a F100 company as a backup plan. I spent a good amount of time networking throughout summer and Fall in order to get anything IB related but failed miserably. I had over 100 phone calls with anyone who would give me the time of the day and in several occasions, they would offer to push my resume, but I would not hear back from them or the firm. I understand that this may be due to my not so desirable GPA or perhaps the way I came across in those calls, but I digress. I kept going until I managed to land a Spring boutique IB internship with hopes of turning it into a FT offer before graduation. Everything seemed to be going my way for once, until Corona attacked. Suddenly, the boutique firm had to go into quarantine, and I found myself without an internship and with the slight hope of continuing once the whole COVID deal had calmed down. If anyone has any idea on how to move forward from here, I would love to hear your thoughts.

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