From post-investment portfolio management to PE

Hi fellow monkeys:

I graduated from college in 2012, and was wondering if I can seek your advice on how I can transition into a PE role at a decent platform please? I knew I liked investment due to the intellectual aspect, but was not very clear on what kind of investment I would like to do, so I started my career in one of the top 3 mutual fund companies (think fidelity, BLK, schroders, etc) as an investment analyst on the fixed income macro fund.

After 2 years, i realized that I am more interested in long-term investment, and in identifying value in companies. so i started my transition into this field from macro. Since I didn't do banking after college, the transition has not been easy, but I was able to find a role as a high yield credit analyst (still in public market) from 2014-2015. In late 2015, I found my current position as an early stage TMT investment analyst at my current platform - the name is great, and I do like private equity investment. However, my current platform is not so great, and since joining ~1 year ago, we have not been able to close any deals. My experience so far is limited to portfolio management of investment companies, deal screening, pre-term sheet DD,self-drive DD, and some modeling from my credit role.

I am in the process of applying to MBA this September, and would really appreciate your advice on how I can leverage my current experience (+ any extra work I can do on my own), to transition into a better private equity platform after MBA? I am open to all sorts of PE , but would just like the platform to be more intense and productive than my current one. I am open to doing a pre-MBA internship before MBA starts next september. My other stats are reasonably good, and I'm hoping for M7 for MBA admissions.

Thank you for your feedback in advance!