PE FT or IB top group?

So here's the situation i had. Just want to make sure people think i made the right decision. I had three analyst options after undergrad:

  1. IB at Tier 1 bank at a top 2 group at the bank

  2. Specialized Industry PE at MF, in a poor office location. modeling experience known to be pretty bad at analyst level. But considered top MF exit out of best IB groups

  3. Asset Management at BB

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Easily option 1- it offers better and wider variety of ops than options 2 or 3 would amount to.

 

A few months ago you're applying for SA 23 positions, and now you had analyst offers?

 
 

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