Internship advice wanted

I am currently a sophmore from a non-target looking to get into IB when I graduate. My current experience is that I interned for a VC firm last summer.

My options now seem to be an 11 month internship at Morgan Stanley in PWM (it starts in January) where I would basically just try to bring in new clients, or an equity research internship at a small boutique PWM shop where the commitment is only till the spring.

Should I take one of these? I am thinking I will take the MS position and try to spin that into an IB internship after my Junior year.

 

Is it MS PWM or MSSM?

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Not sure what MSSM is, sales and marketing? But just to add more detail about the position, I would be working directly under a financial advisor, and my primary function would be to bring in more clients--so not directly learning new finance skills.

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