Freshman with Search Fund Internship - What To Do This Summer?

Hi all, I'm a freshman at a target school and I have two search funds internships I plan on doing second semester since they have both explained its going to be 5-10 hours each, not 20 each. This would be my first true finance experience. This upcoming summer, I'm wondering what internships I should be looking at. I know that the most conceivable is a LMM PE shop, but I would much prefer a Boutique IB firm. I'm from Chicago, so it provides a large swath of firms to contact for this summer. Any thoughts on what I should be targeting? Is there any chance for something paid in these fields with my background I will garner? Thanks.

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