How to not become schizophrenic over SA recruiting?

Soph here at top target. I have everything you’d possibly need on paper. Good GPA, relevant experience, leadership in clubs, spent last semester networking, attended all the on campus events. Was told by a good amount of people last semester at different firms that they’d put in a referral for me. However, going into the second week of February absolutely NOTHING has come into fruition.

Followed up with my contacts as soon as I applied in early Jan, got ghosted by half. Truly not sure what to do at this point and when to start casing. I wake up in a panic daily and the first thing I do is check WSO threads. Starting to feel like such a nerd and a failure. Only seen >10 people at my school post offers on LinkedIn and half of them have no clubs and/or relevant experience. All athletes. The whole process seems super unfair and I’m starting to fully lose my mind. Thought I’d be a top candidate but starting to feel like that was pure schizophrenia. Is it over for me?

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