Possible to go from Mediocre High School Student to IB?

I'm a pretty average high school student that really has nothing going for them in terms of Investment Banking. How hard would it be to start fresh in college and end up in IB or Consulting? Will probably end up at a Semi-Target or Non-target

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Haha, they practically do. Honestly, getting your kids into a target elementary is probably one of the better ways to get them into IB. It's just insanely hard to get into a target school out of a typical public school. Everyone I know has been putting in more work than me and I feel left behind.

 

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