If you want the job and live your dream then you will do what it takes and not focus on anything else. There are hundreds of ways to do it, just figure it out and make it happen. When you do and you get the interview you want, I can bet that the person listening to your personal account of how you got to your dream interview they will be impressed that you did what it took. Otherwise one can easily get hung up on excuses and never really feel satisfied, just more of the same self entitlement and disappointment.

Some do hit the timing right on and others just keep going doing what it takes until they get what they want. Just a perspective not a judgment. Best of luck!