Getting in after undergrad? Business school or try for analyst spots?

Okay so I know there’s been posts on this, I’ve read them all. Trying to get more info on if I should go to business school or if I can get into IB without finance experience. I have multiple summers at the big 4 in audit, real estate valuation, real estate private equity internship, and now work on a debt financing and institutional sales team for a big commercial real estate brokerage firm. My job is underwriting assets and debt and then pitching funds. I was to a state school and graduated with a 3.9, is it possible to get in if I tried?

Or would I need to go to business school and try for a SA position?

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