Is it possible? Post-MBA VP

We always hear about A2A vs. post-MBA associate pathway. If you knew that PE wasn't really up your alley, could you stick around for the A2A promote, dip 2 years into an associate role to go back to B-School and out of B-school return to the same bank/group as a VP?

You may be thinking:

Why leave for a MBA? You could just stick around and move up organically

A: Coming from a lib arts background I think a MBA will be nice to get a formal business education in case I wanted to leave and become the CFO of a start up or something (I also still fully believe at a certain point for progression you need the MBA as a stamp of competence). Plus the network + nice 2 year break. (I go to a target undergrad and would aim for a supertarget MBA to make it worthwhile)

Also I have BB's in mind, I don't know many VP+ without their MBAs - it just seems like a safe bet

Why go back into banking?

I'm very risk averse and don't 100% buy into the PE master race thing going on here at WSO. I could fucking hate IB and want out in two years like everybody else says, but what if I actually like the job a lot? I just know the post MBA associate path is so established and am wondering if you could come in as a VP if you already had significant associate experience?

There's a lot of prospects/interns (including myself) that chime in on these threads but honestly any insight from people that have been working in the industry for some time would be super helpful.

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