HL FT v BofA SA London

Hi, 

I am holding offers for Houlihan Lokey's full time programme in Corporate Finance and Bank of America's IBD Summer. 

Bank of America is obviously a stronger brand but Houlihan Lokey is a full-time job. 

Ultimate goal is just to have options so unsure on what I want to do yet- PE/Corp Dev/VC/Start up etc.

Any guidance? 

Thanks 

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Yep exactly this. I think BofA would be better due to brand and conversion rate is high but still feels risky turning down FT. Just concerned HL brand is not great

 

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