<p>Fundamentally, it comes down to your personal sense of style and what kinds of clothing make you feel confident and professional. My advice is always to dress one notch above what you wear on a day-to-day basis – for example, I’m a girl, and I typically wear sweaters and jeans, so my grad school interview/conference presentation outfit is a sweater and skirt. I would feel funny in a suit, and I would feel scrubby and underdressed in jeans. My husband is a little more casual than me, and wears t-shirts day-to-day, so his “one step up” outfit is a sweater and nice jeans.</p>
<p>[This</a> entry](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/interviews_educational_counselors_ecs/the_pink_hair_problem.shtml]This”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/apply/interviews_educational_counselors_ecs/the_pink_hair_problem.shtml) from Matt’s blog discusses an applicant with pink hair, and how several real MIT ECs responded to the idea of interviewing that person.</p>