Help Deciding Between Internship Offers

I'm a sophomore at a semi-target with 2 offers for summer 2023 that expire next week. To be honest, I don't know what exactly I want to do, but I do know that IB isn't it. I interned at an AM firm last summer and liked the work so that's my path for now. Would appreciate some advice from those with experience.

  1. Prudential Project Management (insurance and based out of Newark)
  2. Fidelity Asset Management (rotations in equity, fixed income, alternatives, asset allocation and more)

This might be a dumb question, but what is the better/smarter choice for sophomore summer? Leaning towards Fidelity since I've heard buy-side interships are notoriously hard to get, but not sure.

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Lol, I figured but thanks for your input. I know pay isn't everything but Fidelity is significantly lower

 

I go to a school where IB is heavily encouraged so I don't know much about buyside roles, but is the earning potential on par with IB given that there is more work life balance? 

 

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