FT Decision: Citi FLDP vs. Brown, Gibbons, Lang/Mizuho/Duff & Phelps

I have a return offer from Citi's FLDP but Brown, Gibbons, Lang and Mizuho, and Duff & Phelps are all recruiting for full-time positions at my school.

If I'm mainly looking into the non-PE exit opps that investment banking offers (like corp dev), would it still make sense to join some type of bank/valuation firm like the three above? I would think that it is generally pretty hard to lateral into a much better bank. With Citi FLDP, I would have the brand name of the company and a lot of experience with the different rotations offered.

I would think that the other three IB firms have non-existent exit opps and since I plan on getting an MBA as well, Citi's FLDP would probably group me with all the Corp Fin people compared to being grouped with the IB people if I go with one of the other three.

Thanks!

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Need more info. when does the offer expire and when is recruiting?

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