Citi Quant vs. BlackRock FMG

Hi all,

I'm a senior undergrad (engineering & finance). I have FT offers from both Citi Quant (sell-side rotational program: 1 year of research + 1 year of trading) and BlackRock Financial Modeling Group (FMG, buy-side research).

The work I would be doing for the first year would be almost identical (but obviously not the second year), so I was wondering what you guys thought about prestige and exit opportunities.

Thanks.

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I could be wrong, but I do not think either would really set you up for PE... its not too normal to see people go from trading to PE.

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