Post-MBA IB to PC or Secondaries do-able?

I was planning on going to IB out of college, but did not get the job I wanted (I'll admit, I was lazy, but have gotten my life together.) I ended up at a large LP allocating to HF/PC. I'm planning on going to do an MBA next year at an M7 finance-focused school (one of Wharton/Booth/CBS, depending on where I get in.) Originally, I was planning on trying to recruit for LO. I still am considering this, but it seems like a difficult path and I don't like the trajectory of that industry, which leads me to my question.

I know the post-MBA associate to corp PE path is very rare. I'm not planning on even trying that. How about post-MBA associate to secondaries or post-MBA IB associate to Private Credit? Are these traditional paths? Probably could not do them straight out of MBA with no IB experience, right? Would like to get input on if this is a feasible path or not.

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