FT vs SA Recruiting Difficulty

I finished SA recruiting without any BB/MM/EB offers and will be spending this summer at a small strategic advisory/banking firm. Received interviews from some BBs, EBs, and all of MBB for consulting, but no offers. I'm wondering how difficult FT recruiting generally is, relative to SA recruiting. Planning to recruit across IB, PE, and consulting.

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