Freshman summer internship?

I would like to preface this by saying that I went into undergrad with 16 credits, so technically I can apply for 2026 expected grad year internships. I am really stuck in between whether I should go for an internship at a decent hedge fund or boutique bank. I go to a target school and my hometown is very uncompetitive for finance so I think I’d have a lot of options. Let me know what you’d do in my position.

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