Target school to IB no experience

I go to a target school, and am thinking of delaying my graduation by one semester so I’ll be a sophomore. I’m interested in IB as a liberal arts major student. I was wondering what resources and recommendations you have for getting into IB, ideally a bulge bracket, from a target school with no real finance experience or finance technical knowledge.

Networking: How do I effectively network for IB? Should I only net work with analyst, or try for associates, VPs, etc? Should I only target firms I’d want to work at? Should I network with people in the coverage groups I’m interested in or anyone?

Technicals: How do I realistically learn the technicals by January or so? What free resources, videos, or courses are there? How should I study and prep for technicals?

Resume help: I don’t have any real finance experience except doing comps for real estate or doing like payroll or P&L statements for small businesses, how can I realistically get into IB with limited finance experience?

Anything else?

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