Realistic Chances Of Breaking Into lower MM/Boutique IB Without Internships

I'm a rising fourth year Economics major at the University of Virginia with no internship this summer. I have a 3.57 GPA and was wondering if it would be realistically possible to break into a lower mm or boutique bank full time and if not, what roles should I target to lateral into IB later on? 

 

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