SA 26: citi vs GSAM PC vs low tier rx

all in nyc, mostly interested in credit long term and wondering how these offers in diff industries stack up. Citi ib nyc(with pretty strong connections to m&a group) vs GSAM PC where I have rotational access to more vanilla PC as well as ABF, vs a mm rx group(mb, baird, piper). 

I come from a non finance background and am not really involved in finance clubs so would love any thoughts on how to compare offers across industries. 

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Congrats on your hard work. My thought process would be this: Do a Linkedin search of exits from former analysts at Citi and the MM RX shop that specifically went into credit and compare their roles in credit to the PC offer at GS. If you feel like the GS offer is better, go with that. If not, then you've got to make a choice between which bank. 

If you know you want to exit to credit long-term, I'd lean Citi just because of the name-brand and better exit opps. I think MM RX is underrated, but I doubt you could even exit to a PC role at GS from one of those shops. Also if your heart is set on RX, you're probably better off taking Citi and rerecruiting full-time for a better RX shop with real dealflow. 

With that said don't think you can really go wrong. All good offers so congrats on the achievement. 

 

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