Can joining certain school clubs give a bad impression?

If one was to join buy-side only clubs (say trading, PE etc), would this give a bad impression when recruiting for sell-side roles such as IB M&A? 

It shows that more than likely you are interested in PE, so why would they hire you if they expect you to jump to PE ASAP?

Ty

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