<p>What to wear for a college interview for a full - tuition scholarship?</p>
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<p>Man or woman?</p>
<p>Woman 10 char</p>
<p>You want to look neat and professional. Plain black dress pants or black skirt, knee length and not tight. Nice dress shirt or plain long-sleeved T-shirt in nice fabric. A conservative jacket if you have one, or a plain, conservative sweater that isn’t tight. Simple jewelry like pearls or small hoops or an interesting but not too wild necklace. Conservative shoes: black flats or dress shoes with heels that are not too high.</p>
<p>Are you buying something to wear or shopping in your closet?</p>
<p>Agree w/bookiemom. Unless it’s a very liberal college, I’d dress conservatively. I wouldn’t go too old, though. Maybe a fun piece of jewelry.</p>
<p>Some schools even post their recommendations on their sites:</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Honor Scholarships | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://ohs.vanderbilt.edu/honor-scholarships-interviews.php#attire]Office”>http://ohs.vanderbilt.edu/honor-scholarships-interviews.php#attire)</p>
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<p>No cleavage, no shiny “bling”, cover tattoos to be on the safe side.</p>
<p>If she’s buying a suit, she may want to choose one with a relatively short jacket. Shorter jackets seem “younger,” somehow, than longer ones. </p>
<p>Also, no bright colors. Young women don’t wear bright-colored suits; their grandmothers do. </p>
<p>A conservatively styled gray, navy, black, or brown suit (solid or conservatively pinstriped; either with pants or a skirt) would probably be used again for internship and job interviews over the next few years and could be a good investment.</p>
<p>A young woman also needs to remember that she may be sitting facing the person(s) interviewing. She doesn’t want to worry about tugging her skirt down just a bit more or exposing anything. Both my daughters wore skirts and both wore dark tights that matched skirt and shoes.</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter.</p>
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<p>This is the rationale for wearing a suit that has pants. But pants usually need to be shortened, so you can’t buy a suit with pants on Monday and wear it on Tuesday in most cases.</p>
<p>Well, I bought a pencil skirt with a top jacket that matches. It’s just not really “me.” So, I wasn’t sure what to wear, but I might just stick with that.</p>
<p>Sounds OK. Skirt isn’t too short, is it?</p>
<p>My daughter wore a dress with one of those short sleeved sweaters with a soft, sort of ruffled front, it was very youthful, yet easy to wear, with no chance of the the shirt coming out of the skirt, looking messy etc. The important thing is to look nice, but be comfortable. Is it a one shot interview or a weekend? Ours was a weekend thing with the need to bring both casual clothes and interview clothes, and the school specified “professional dress” for the interview part. Make sure your shoes are appropriate too. Not super high heels or anything sloppy.</p>
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<p>Oops - good luck to you!</p>
<p>And don’t sweat it too much. Trust me, universally, academics DO NOT know how to dress. And I say that as someone in a business school…where we are more corporate like/dressy than most other parts of campus!</p>
<p>Yes the skirt is knee-length. Also, it’s a 3 day visit with the interview on the last day.</p>