Off-cycle IB – non-traditional master's, looking for honest advice

I'll keep this short. I'm finishing up a master's of accounting at a top business school and currently working at a small L/S equity fund through a very competitive program my school's MBA has (1/30 students selected). Spending most of my time in models, filings, and single-name research. Strong GPA, CFA L1 candidate, former college athlete.
 

I want to break into IB but I'm late and my program doesn't have a traditional banking pipeline. I've been networking but struggling to convert outreach into actual conversations. I think the issue is people don't know what box to put me in because I'm not a traditional MBA candidate but I'm also not just an accounting student.

For anyone who's been in a similar spot or has a view on this, any advice or any angles I might not be thinking of?

Appreciate it.

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