Pre-MBA Internship - PE

Heading to M7 for MBA this Fall and trying to line up an internship for the summer before starting.

I know that there are no formal programs for incoming MBA students, but wanted to see if anyone here had experience with reaching out and securing internships at private equity firms before officially starting grad school.

Interested in having more insights about this

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