Credit Rating firms internships before Junior Year SA IB?

Hi there,

I interned at a F500 financial firm during my freshman year where I got a-lot of exposure to the finance field through weekly presentations of the markets, creation of reports on the emerging market, and some other things. Overall, I came out of the internship much more knowledgable on the finance field

Instead of doing a PWM internship at BB, I wanted to consider interning once again in another division at one of the credit rating agencies(S&P, Moody's), doing analyst work and covering the commodities sector. I feel as though this summer analyst internship would give me better work that would be relevant to an IB job compared to a PWM.

What do you guys think? A good opportunity or will I be disadvantaged compared to others? I am also currently looking at cold-emailing boutique firms and see what I can get with that.

Thanks again!

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Whichever you will enjoy the most. Whichever will allow you to work on things that would be interesting to talk about during interviews.

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