F500 v big bank v small firm for a Sophomore Summer

For some background I interned in PE over the summer ( my freshman summer ) and applied to all of the sophomore investment banking programs I could but didn't get any interviews. 

As I sit now I have a couple of options: I can work at a big bank (truist or Bank of America) doing something like commercial banking or credit then try to lateral into IB next summer, or I can do a deals desk internship at a Fourtune 500 company (UPS, NCR)  or I can work for a no-name IB firm locally. 

I'm not really sure which would look the best to recriters / HR I already have expericne in M&A from my previous internship so I'm leaning towards working at a big bank to make the connections to lateral. 

Any and all advice is appreicated. 

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