Low Tier IB Offer Vs MM Corporate Banking Offer?

I have offers from TD Securities investment banking and BMO Capital Markets corporate banking and would like some advice on which would yield a better outcome all considered?

I know TD will have better exit ops for PE and will pay a lot more (~130k), however, I don't know if I can handle the investment banking hours and know that I will be pretty miserable during those two years.

BMO CB pays around 85k for analysts total comp, and the hours should be around 9-6pm.

If my goal is to go into corporate strategy after a few years, and not necessarily do PE, would I be crazy to take BMO corporate banking? I am also fine with the BMO salary, given that 85k for a college grad is pretty good in the south.

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