I am really unsure what path to go down for junior year internship
I am kind of in limbo on what to do with my life. I am a current junior who is recruiting for next summer. I was gunning for IB (non target) I struck out on all four super days being on the wait list for two of them. I went a little crazy with applying and applied for whatever I could that was finance-related after that. I don't have an offer in any of these yet but I am pretty deep in the interview process and was wondering which one to do if I end up getting these. REPE for an acquisition internship at a small shop around 2 billion AUM (don't think I am going to get this). TAS - due diligence intern at a tiny accounting firm ( I think I will get the offer for this) FP&A at a Fortune 50 (I think I will get the offer for this). LMM investment banking intern, the whole team is like 8 people (would probably just end my recruiting if I got the offer for this). Commodity trading intern at an ABCD. Corp dev intern at a Fortune 500. MM ER intern ( don't think I am going to get this). I know I am kind of all over the place with what I applied for. Im not sure if M&A is necessarily my goal anymore. I want an interesting career with growth opportunities and don't want to be pigeonholed. I am open to recruiting full-time for investment banking given what internship I end up getting. Any advice on what sounds the best let me know or what path to go down.
Going for something broad makes it pretty hard to get pigeon holed. I will say that most careers are VERY non linear, and the classic paths most people take are just one way to go about things. It seems like you don't 100% know where you want to be in 5 years, which is fine. You're a junior in college. Hell, I picked banking because I figured it's a great name on a resume that will allow me to try new jobs out more easily. Almost none of these are outright terrible, especially as an intern, and I've seen people just get an average internship and manage to convert it into a job in an MBB firm.
Personally, I'd rank it LMM > REPE(only if you're interested in RE long term, maybe a bit lower if not) > ER > Corp Dev > FP&A > DD.
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