Am I late to IB SA2026 recruiting?

As title says, I (sophomore at big ten with decent pipeline to Wall st.)  just recently decided that I want to try recruit for banking. For the past year and a half, I always thought I wanted to do banking, but started exploring other options last fall. I'm a little more sure on IB now, but I'm thinking I might be a little late since peers have already gotten offers. I've talked to people (even MDs) within the industry since coming to college, but not as of recent (within past 5-6 months). Any advice on firms I could target or next steps?

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I am sorry but yes you are too late to recruit this year.

Best options would be to look at other solid options, consulting, corporate banking as those cycles haven’t started up quite yet. Hit those hard.

Or look at loosing a year and recruiting next year.

Or look at MBA programs.

 

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