Sophomore feeling like I’m screwed - Investment Banking

Hi all, I’m a second semester sophomore at a target school on the West Coast, I just transferred in here recently and this is my first semester on campus. I’m loving everything but the problem is his transition has caused me to fall behind in IB recruiting. I had a wake up call today when I saw my peers accepting their 2027 offers. I’m not a complete newby, I was/am in many strong student finance organizations but I haven’t applied to many banks and have very few meaningful connections. Is it too late for me, is there anything I can do to get back in the game? Please let me know some advice.

PS- sorry for poor wording/typos, I’m writing on safari from my phone.

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It’s too late for top offer. Recruit MM or LMM. Try off-cycle with ur target school connects, recruit for consulting or push back ur grad year. Unfortunately

 

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