3rd Year Summer Post-Cdn IB?

Recently managed to land IB at a top Canadian BB in Toronto for my sophomore summer (2023). Now trying to figure out what to do for 3rd year summer. On the one hand I feel like if I don't aim for top NY BB/EB/MFs, then I'm wasting an opportunity; on the other hand, I would be really happy to go back to my sophomore summer firm for FT. I also don't know if I can physically or mentally handle NY IB hours and the lack of sleep that comes with it.For context, I really have no idea what I would want to exit into post-IB or if I'd want to exit at all, nor whether I want to be in Canada or US long-term. Optimally I would get the chance to actually do my sophomore internship before having to decide for the following summer, but with how crazy recruiting timelines are, that's obviously not possible.Any tips/advice on figuring out what would make the most sense for me?

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what is a canadian bb? regional office of a bulge bracket or you mean big 5?

 

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