PE SA to IB

I'm a rising junior at target school with an ok gpa and accepted an MMPE offer in New York. I was wondering how hard it would be to recruit for IB FT, what the best ways to do it would be, and if I can even consider at recruiting for a more established PE firm for full time.

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