Difficult decision

So hypothetically, say I just received an offer from a fortune 500 company in there corporate finance division for the sophomore to junior year summer. I want to do investment banking, and recruiting for the junior to senior year summer internship starts now, so I am wondering should I continue to find a better role for next summer, because I heard these firms like a role closer to deals like ib, pe, or corp dev. Also, the company I got an offer for is a brand name technology company, so the recruiters would know it, but should I leverage and find like a small pe shop or ib shop. What should I do? Help me make this decsion? 

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