Hometown PWM versus Social Media start up for sophomore year

Hi, I just ended my sophomore year at a semi-target school (at Penn but not in Wharton). I was very late in securing an internship, but now have the choice to work for either a small wealth management company in my hometown or do a remote unpaid internship for a tech start up. The start up internship involves recruiting more interns, acting as a student ambassador, and contacting venture capitalists. I want to do banking next summer and I know neither one of these internships looks great on a resume, but I'd still like to choose the one that would be best for my sophomore summer.

Which do you think looks better when I'm doing OCR?

Thanks!

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I'd like to know, too.

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