<p>Does Yale, or any other ivy leagues, look down on guys having their ears pierced? I have a small silver hoop in each lobe and am debating on whether or not to get a second one; it would look like Michael Grimm from America’s Got Talent. I am not rebellious or thug-looking so it wouldn’t add to a negative stereotype of lower-income Americans but even if I present myself nice (personality-wise) and clean (physically) would the piercings be a hinderance to my already uphill battle with admissions? Thanks for the help, and I do realize that it will mostly be opinions but I hope there will be a few people who have personal experience with the topic.</p>
<p>No personal experience on my part - but let me state the obvious. </p>
<p>Not likely, but why take the chance. Get yourself in first and then stick it to yourself anytime you please…</p>
<p>Earrings is one word.</p>
<p>Take them out for your interview. Other than the interview, I don’t see how/why it would impact your admissions process.</p>
<p>If you need someone to tell you this your not going to Yale.</p>
<p>^^Agree. If you have a very conservative interviewer, I suppose earrings could be offputting. No reason to risk that. Beyond that, pierce away. Earrings will not impact your admissions decision.</p>
<p>@ GreedIsGood-Please do not take my simple question and use it as evidence of me not being worthy enough to get into Yale, or whatever it is your post is implying. Also, if you are trying to say I won’t get into Yale based off that question alone, try using the correct version of “your”, it gives you more credibility.</p>
<p>Otherwise, thanks for the input. I am a student in the Mid-West and I didn’t know if East Coast societies generally looked down upon piercings. I was just wondering if it may look unprofessional.</p>
<p>Zulatooka – The order of the posts in this thread seems to have changed. Just to clarify, in my Post #5, I was agreeing with Glassesarechic’s statement, not GreedisGood’s.</p>
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<p>Ooooh, burn.</p>
<p>Ironically, the sentence quoted is a run-on though. The comma after “correct version of ‘your’” should instead be a semicolon.</p>
<p>Actually it’s a comma splice. Counterburn. :D</p>
<p>Yeah, grammar Nazi’s unite! Oh, and the comma should be within the parentheses. Self-Burn!</p>
<p>Uhh quotations. Lol</p>
<p>What if you can’t take out the earrings because you just got it pierced? (my situation)
You could grow your hair to cover your ears, wear a head scarf, or just take it out. :]</p>
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<p>Maybe you should learn how to pluralize words before calling yourself a grammar Nazi?</p>
<p>As to the OP’s question: No. Maybe to be safe take them out for the interview, since alums can be conservative, but if you end up here you’ll find most of your classmates couldn’t care less.</p>
<p>@ orchard: Forgive me, in my excited grammatical state I seem to have added a possessive apostrophe to a singular noun when I should have actually pluralized said noun. I am a shame to all upstanding grammar nazis. (this is where I would add an emoticon if I knew/cared how to do so)</p>
<p>I really wish I could delete this thread, I have gotten a few varying opinions and I appreciate the third-party input, but it seems this is polluting the Yale forum’s (<–correct use of an apostrophe) academic focus. At least it wasn’t another “chance me” thread.</p>