IB Recruitment Timeline for Juniors & Seniors who didn't land a junior-year IB internship

I am currently a sophomore in college and have not found any success with a 2024 IB summer internship. Going forward, I plan to apply for the next round of IB applications, and was wondering how that process works for those in my situation.

I have my technicals down and had over 50+ networking calls and several HireVues, but no luck this year. It is what it is, I will keep working as hard as I can and want to know what the road looks like going forward in order to strategize for the upcoming opportunities, given that it is much harder to land a full-time role versus an intern with a return offer. Thank you and I would appreciate any help I could get. 

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Thank you for your thorough reponse, I appreciate it. I have two follow-up questions:

1) What are some LMM Investment Banks that are recruiting this summer/fall? 

2) What does the recruiting schedule look like for 2025 FT IB Analyst roles? Given that 2024 SA recruiting started so early this year, I would presume that 2025 would start sometime soon as well, though I am not sure.

Thank you again and please let me know.

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