Choosing Between IB/AM/Institutional Sales: First Ever Internship

Hello,

I have the chance to choose between IB vs AM vs institutional sales for my first ever internship (freshman). I am most interested in AM and hope to get into that industry for my junior internship. Any advice on which one i should take?

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Institutional sales is great in many ways, but I'd bear in mind that it provides a far narrower set of lateral/exit ops than either IB or AM.

 

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