Bad Form to Apply to Junior Year Internship as a Sophomore?

Most of these IB internships require that you be graduating in 2020 (rising junior) to apply. But if I'm graduating in 2021 (rising sophomore), is it bad form to apply? Will bank get annoyed that I'm, technically, not qualified for the job and perhaps hold it against me when I apply next year?

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