Dress Code for College Visits?

redshoes
Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:59:36 +0000

Visiting Bates with DS1, after our tour, the director of admissions stopped us and introduced himself. It can happen at an LAC. S was neat but casual (summer) and it was fine. Far less likely for anyone to notice you at a big school. For DS2 interviews at Conn and WFU, the students were all wearing dress shirts, ties, blazers, cute dresses, etc. Being super casual doesn’t mean a student wouldn’t get in, but it could make him/her feel uncomfortable sitting in the waiting room–and who needs to be more nervous than the kids already are?