So I got into Occidental College in Los Angeles. But I am a huge USC sports fan. Does it matter much if I wear USC clothing on Occidental’s campus?
Everyone at my school wears gear from other colleges. No one cares.
Rule of thumb: If what you’re doing isn’t hurting anyone else, no one will care. No one in college cares. About anything.
Nobody cares if you wear clothing for other colleges. Lots of people on my floor are from out of state and frequently wear clothing from a college near their home.
The only exception would be if someone wore clothing for a rival school. That’s generally frowned upon lol. But even then it’s not really a big deal… Just wear what you want.
At Cornell, if someone wears clothes from another Ivy League they usually get talked about on social media fairly quickly.
Eh… depends on the person, I’d say. I do sometimes laugh with my friends if I see someone wearing clothes from a more prestigious school, saying stuff like “You can’t fool us, you’d be at Harvard/MIT/Princeton if you were accepted, not here.” But it’s not said to their face, and I couldn’t even describe the people to you and wouldn’t recognize them if I saw them in other clothing. It’s more a dig at the speculation than anything towards that person in particular.
So… if the idea of a few goofballs that you don’t know laughing behind your back bothers you, then that’s something to consider.
Even with a rival school’s gear, it really depends on your school and who you run into. If the campus climate is such that the rivalry is a really big deal, you probably want to avoid wearing a rival school’s sweatshirt. If the rivalry isn’t taken too seriously, you’d probably be fine the vast majority of the time. I have no idea how Occidental is to know what’s the case there.
At my school, some people will poke fun at you if you’re wearing a rival school’s gear. Most won’t say or do anything. Me personally, I give people I know a hard time if they’re wearing a rival school’s stuff, but don’t think much of it if I don’t know them. If it’s for any other school, I hardly notice.