I am a finance consultant at Wells Fargo who graduated May of 2019. Have two years of experience in the finance industry and am looking to make the switch to IB, preferably in NYC. Does anybody have any tips on how to break into IB? Is it possible without prior internship experience in banking? What are best practices? Thanks for the help!

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