Summer Internship - Attended top 50 non-target

Basic Details: Attend top 50 non target. Currently a Freshman 3.7+ GPA

Looking for advice on what to apply to:

  1. Intern at a consulting firm in DC: responsibilities include

Support Director of Finance by conducting financial analyses of project budgets and expenses, employee costs, and impacts of policy and organizational structure changes

Update financial statements and projections including balance sheet, statement of cash flows, and profit and loss statements

  1. Intern at a natural gas company at investor relations:

Supports the Investor Relations department as assigned. Performs research related to peer company financial performance and corporate strategy. Creates financial models based on publicly available information. Assists with institutional investor targeting research. Contributes to development and updating of investor presentation materials.

  1. Morgan Stanley internship in global wealth management.

Which of these do you think is the best internship for fresh. summer?

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Wow I thought those were your offers at first then I realized you haven't even applied yet. Apply to all of them and come back when you have an offer(s). You're wasting your time with this.

 

Hypothetically if they were my offers which would you take. I will apply to all of them, but I am curious what sounds the best/ would be most applicable to my future interests...

 
thecoolHypothetically if they were my offers which would you take.
That's like saying 'If your dick was a giant diamond, who would you let play with it?
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses - Henry Ford
 

A couple unspoken rules on this forum run along the lines of 'don't post if you're in high school or a freshman' and 'come back and post when you actually have offers.'

It's great that you're asking for advice, but it's all hypothetical at this point and we can't help you at all until you're actually in a negotiable position.

I am permanently behind on PMs, it's not personal.
 
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