Would I be considered a job hopper?

If I spend 9 months in my first job out of my college, and I spend a year in a 12-month-long investment banking analyst program at a second company before i move to a third company, would I be viewed as a job hopper and would this negatively impact my career down the line? 
 

Or if a significantly better offer comes along while I am completing the 12-month-long analyst program and I accept it, would my career be negatively impacted down the line because then I would have spent less than a year at both my first and second jobs?

This is not to say that I don’t have good reasons to explain these moves. I would have my own reasons to justify these moves. It’s just that I am concerned about how this would look to future potential employers when they see my resume. 

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