How Valuable is...
So here is the deal...I am a senior set to graduate in December 2012 (after taking one semester off). My resume has pretty basic job experience at retail stores, restaurants, a family pipeline business, and a small internship at a non-profit organization.
I have a decent GPA, 3.1, hopefully 3.4 after the summer and next semester.
I do have a ton of leadership positions as a 2 sport athlete, numerous awards, and captain of all of those teams.
I do also have some very relevant volunteer experience as well as a diverse perspective being mixed racially and traveled to Egypt.
Currently, I have the opportunity to intern at a small franchise owned "VR Business Sales- Mergers and Acquisitions" which would be paid and part time. I would be working closely with the CEO and get experience valuing small to mid size firms as well as accompanying the team on deals.
The other opportunity is at a UBS branch or fund called the Thornhill Group who deals with high net worth individuals, manages portfolios and investments for many people. The team seems very capable and knowledgable.
Which is more valuable if I cannot find the time to do both, assuming I want to enter wall street in banking/consulting/sales one day?
Thanks
Go with the M&A.
Don't take what I say the wrong way, but after reading your post a few things jump out at me. Your GPA is not 'decent' and you need to raise it. This should not be your number one priority as internship experience and networking are much more important. However, any reasonably intelligent individual should be able to clear a 3.5 - aim for that. If your incapable of raising your GPA, then focus on raising your major GPA and emphasize that. A 3.1 screams mediocrity, and a 3.4 just looks like you could have tried harder.
Take anything non-finance, leadership, or non-profit related off of your resume. No one gives a shit if you were a server at your local restaurant. The family pipeline business and non-profit internship both sound interesting, leave those on as long as their tenuously finance related.
Also, definitely take the M&A internship - having that on your resume will be valuable if you end up recruiting for investment banking positions. UBS would be good for the name, although I assume it will be in PWM so the experience will probably be lacking. The last one sounds like a family office, which would be ok if the other two didn't pan out.
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