17 credits with internship. ER or IB?

Dear WSO,

Hi, I'm a rising sophomore at a non-target. After a search fund internship, I got an ER internship recently (and I like it) and I have two possible options for the Fall. One is to keep doing the ER internship and the other is to switch to a boutique IB analyst internship.

For now, I am pursuing the typical way of getting into IB at a BB, but certainly open for other areas like PE/HF despite the hurdles.

Given this background, what would you go for?

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