Distressed IB -> PE or Distressed IB -> MBA -> PE

Title is the question. Additional information that might be of help: transition to PE would be after 4yoe total, and the focus would be distressed PE .

My thought process/question is this:

  1. Will it be harder to get into M7 (specifically HSW) with 6yoe compared to 4yoe, or will it be harder to recruit for distressed PE without having PE exp. pre- mba ?

  2. Will I have to go get an MBA anyway if I went IB -> PE , and if so, what are the thoughts on being ~30 years old when graduating from an MBA program?

Any thoughts are appreciated, my current thinking is that distressed world is less structured than traditional buyout PE and I would probably be fine doing an MBA first, but then when I think about that, I wonder if the MBA is even a value add. Semi-target undergrad for reference.

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