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Im a student in the U.S. (Born and always lived here). Does experience or prestige matter for a soph year internship? Ideally both is best but if you had to choose one or the other- what would you say?

 
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The question needs to be more specific. If you are referring to a BO role at BB vs. modeling/valuation role at boutique, I would probably choose the latter. Having said that, it's pretty hard to find a quality sophomore internship, and even the ones you eventually find might not be as good as you hoped for. So practically, settling with the BO role might be a better option. I would say that keep searching hard until April.

 

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