BAML or BofA

A few days ago, I saw some clown arguing the merits of BAML vs BofA. I'm a high school senior and I'm currently setting up coffee chats about high-finance, and I'm hoping to hear which acronym is more prestigious if my end-goal is to break into IB.

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