Will doing P72 Summer Academy hurt chances for buyside?

Have a possibility to join P72 Summer Academy from winning one of their competitions. Would be my sophomore summer. For background, I attend a super target (HYPSW), non-diversity.  I've seen/heard on this forum that a lot of big names (especially L/S hedge funds) don't like those with a multi-manager background and I would like to hear your insight on whether doing the summer academy would disadvantage me for 1) MF PE Analyst gigs 2) future L/S seats 3) any other career opportunities.

Thank you!

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It won’t hurt your changes for non-MM platforms - depends on exactly where you want to place post-grad and for junior summer, but noone will see it as a negative, especially for sophomore summer. There’s likely a difference between how SM HFs and smaller PE shops will look at it, but any MF recruiter will recognize the name and you’ll have a higher probability of getting an interview.

Although, from the best of my knowledge the summer academy is a program reserved for juniors - not sure if there’s a separate program for sophomore summer.

 

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