Risk Management Sophomore Summer or Keep Going? (for SA 2026)

Managed to secure a risk internship for my sophomore summer, currently recruiting for IB SA 2026 as well. Would it be better for me to just accept the offer and focus fully on junior summer, or should I keep going and gun for a boutique IB/PE? It feels like apps are already out for so many places that I'm not even sure it'll have much of an effect, but at the same time, I don't have any finance internship experience on my resume, so I'm not sure what to do. 

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