Applicants with HF sophomore internships now autodinged by BBs?

Hey guys,

I go to a target school and this year, we were hit pretty unaware by accelerated recruiting and less people got placed as result. Everyone who placed with a BB this year, however, all have a boutique banking internship lined up for this summer, and when I spoke with a friend at a HYW it seems that is also the case there (99% of BB offers went to people with sell-side experience on their resumes). I am going into my sophomore year and am currently talking to some HFs for next summer, but a lot of people are now saying that this may get me autodinged from BBs and I might wanna play it safe and go with boutique IB instead. Any thoughts on this matter?

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It's just that every single kid that was taken from my school had an IB internship lined up, same thing with my friend at the HYW; he didn't even get first round at some BBs despite working at one of the most prestigious HFs this summer.

 

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