Lateraling, trying to be Top 1% IB Candidate, how should I train??

I’m ~1.5 years into a rotational private credit analyst role. I’ve gained solid market and deal exposure, but the role isn’t technical and we don’t build full financial models.

I want to pivot into IB and I know I need to close the technical and modeling gap relative vs. other analysts. I plan to spend the next couple of months grinding out study materials, wso 400 and practicing modeling. I know it is a lot of work but I do plan on cutting most of activities outside of work and gym to get this done. 

Currently have Wall street prep but anyone have any advice on how to struture this to really polish myself over next three months or so??

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