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I'm currently an international student, and due to visa issues, my most realistic career path looks like I will have to get my MBA right out of undergrad to stay in the U.S. long term. With my current situation, if I go back into investment banking at a BB( I had a previous ib internship during undergrad), will being an associate post-MBA ruin my chances of recruiting for PE? ( even though I don't have a long banking career?) 

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