<p>In a couple of weeks, we're doing a campus tour with student-led tour, visit with a faculty member in DS' major, and also a visit and possibly lunch with the soccer coach and a player or two. DS and his dad went to a soccer game a couple of weeks ago and visited briefly with the coach afterwards; he has also seen DS play last spring and sent him a handwritten letter over the summer. This is a D-3 LAC, by the way, in Texas.</p>
<p>Question is, what should DS wear? He is a cargo shorts/t-shirt kid, although he will "dress up" with a golf shirt on occasion. It's entirely possible that it could be 90 degrees here in central Texas on Nov. 3, so I want to have a couple of weather-dependent ideas for him. If it's a cool day, I think nice jeans and a collared shirt would be fine. If it's a warm day, personally, I think his nicer cargo shorts and a collared shirt would be okay. </p>
<p>What do y'all think? It's the visit with a faculty member and lunch portions of the tour that have me wondering, although the lunch will be with the coach, who will likely be wearing shorts too. I don't think an interview with the Admissions office is part of this tour, but it might be. If it is, then I think he probably needs to go with the "dressier" clothes.</p>
<p>Your plan sounds good to me, except I might have him wear khakis instead of jeans. That way, if he does end up meeting with admissions, he will be covered. And he will be equally as comfortable in khakis as in jeans.</p>
<p>Being from Texas and having visited 20 schools with my son since last summer, I think the shorts and collar shirt will be fine. DS had interviews at all the schools and met the coaches at some and faculty at a few others. Wearing jeans and a golf shirt, he was the most dressed up among the students except for two schools. At our last round of visits with schools, he refused to wear anything but a t-shirt and at no time did he or I feel he was somehow under-dressed. Unless he’s actually interviewing for a scholarship, I think tucking in your shirt counts as being more formal around here.</p>
<p>I have just in the past few minutes found out that there is an admissions office interview too, so I think the decision of what to wear will depend on the weather that day. It’s hot and humid here today, but who knows what we will have on Nov. 3. </p>
<p>But I have made a note to get him to try on both jeans and khakis to make sure they still fit from last winter! :)</p>
<p>My son wore dress chinos and a button-down with loafers for his interview, then he changed into casual clothing for the tour (we knew there would be a 15 minute or so window in between the two).</p>
<p>A boy is unlikely to make this error, but I’ll share it anyway: on one of my D’s unofficials she wore some brand new cute shoes. We took the tour around the campus and finally ended up at the coach’s office. Her heels were oozing blood- we stopped to pick up some flipflops just before the appointment. Her first question of the coach: do you have two bandaids? It was an unusual but effective icebreaker, at least…</p>
<p>Fishy – re: the first cold snap – already got caught a couple of weeks ago with the little brother who is 8. We had a few days of cooler weather, so I got out some track pants (the kind with the zippers at the side of your ankle) – one pair was a good 2-3 inches too short, but he didn’t notice. Went to Wal-Mart that night to get a few more pairs in a larger size!</p>
<p>DS just got his second handwritten note from this coach in the mail yesterday. He is clearly interested. DS and DH went to see a game a couple of weekends ago and talked to the coach briefly afterwards, so his note was a follow-up from that. Said he could see DS “keeping goal for them” and that his “personality and character would add to the team.”</p>
<p>Sounds pretty good, huh?!! This school is a little bit of an academic reach, so I’m holding off on any big celebrations until we have paper in hand.</p>
<p>Well, we are in South Florida, so the first real cold snap could be in October or not until December or January. And kids grow so fast sometimes, stuff bought in August for the start of school could very well be outgrown by then!</p>
<p>Best of luck to your son, it sounds like he is in a very good position!</p>
This school is a little bit of an academic reach, so I’m holding off on any big celebrations until we have paper in hand.</p>