Advice on Internship

Hey everyone!

I hope everyone is doing great. I have two internship offers for next summer, and I need some advice.

Both are in finance (back office type of roles). One is at a bulge bracket bank, and the other is at a Fortune 500 bank. The one at the bulge bracket pays less but is in NYC and closer to home. The other one is in another city but pays much more and probably has a better work-life balance long term. They would be in finance rotation programs full-time (this is a summer internship for my junior into senior year but assuming I go back full-time).

I hope to go to grad school in the future for an MBA and would think the bulge bracket bank would look better. I also plan on going into a more IB-type role in the future, but I am not sure.

I could use some advice on what you would do. Thank you in advance!!!

 

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