PE or continue looking for IB jobs...

Sophomore at a west coast target, looking for a little bit of advice. I'm interning for a PE firm this summer abroad and it's a great company with a ton of deal flow where I'm gonna get a lot of transaction experience. I've had a couple superdays for IB this season but haven't received any offers and of course there's still GS, Bofa, Oppenheimer, a couple of others but should I pivot and switch to PE 2024 SA? I know that if you do PE right out of school, there's a lot less exit opportunities since you didn't get the IB experience...

PE would be way harder of course and if I haven't gotten an offer for IB there's even less of a shot for PE, but really interested in PE and I'll have something good on my resume for summer 2024. I don't mean to sound like an asshole or anything, just genuinely looking for advice and help. Thanks

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