Internship, help me decide

Hey guys

I have 3 summer internship opportunities coming up and i am struggling to decide between the 3. My goal is work in the US and I do have US Citizenship. 

first one is working in a regional/national bank (in china) for derivatives

second is small boutique type general investment banking internship in Singapore 

third working in hedging, hedge fund/energy company and also located in singapore 

I am a college freshman which gapped first semester (fall) and only doing spring semester.  The person who presented these opportunities said working in derivatives is awesome (especially for freshman)  but i wanted to see which experience would help me the most if I want to stay in the US.

Thanks in advance

2 Comments
 

What exactly is the third option? Is it a hedge fund or what? If you’ll be doing research work there, then take that. If not, take option 2. Hope this helps.

 

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