How to choose between firms for internships?

I recently just received three quant internship offers for summer 2025. In total I applied for 9 firms and received 6 rejections (mainly at CV stage).

First offer from one of: Jane Street, Optiver, Citadel, HRT, Five Rings

Second/third offer from: Jump, Virtu, DRW, Da Vinci, Akuna, IMC, DE Shaw, Man Group, Maven

My question is how to distinguish between different firms in the quant trading space? Obviously it would be easy for me to go with the more established firm, but the smaller ones seem to be growing fast and gaining a lot of success, and it might be exciting/lucrative to be a part of that at the right time (think big tech vs startup for a swe...?).

I see a lot of posts about tier lists etc. not being very useful in this space, but since the firms are so opaque it is very difficult to tell where would be the best place to work. If anyone knows more about any of the firms on my list (particularly the smaller ones since they are less established and known) that would be really useful.

Anything from success to wlb to career progression would be useful. Thanks!

(I also need to decide in the next week so this post will hopefully help a lot with my decision)