Senior with no internship - is it too late for me?

I'm a senior at USC/UCLA who did a barely relevant data analyst junior year internship with a 3.7 gpa. I hate data science and my goal is to break into IB, with an eventual goal of doing buy-side work. I'm fully prepared to grind as hard as I need to in the next few months but everywhere I look, deadlines are over and I'm afraid I let my last shot to break in slip through my fingers. Can I get anything out of undergrad or will I be forced to do an MBA/MSF?

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