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<p>A number of my sorority sisters were engineering majors. And we all wore makeup.</p>
<p>Iām sure my younger daughter brought a train case full of cosmetics to college- but I doubt she uses it everyday- even when you just slap it on, it still takes time & there are more important things to do like sleep or text your friends.</p>
<p>However, I know that some schools the students are more polished in appearance- her friends on the east coast complain the other students dress up to go to class!</p>
<p>even though my D wears makeup, she was turned off visiting one school because she noticed that the female students all seemed to be dressed up and well coifed. she is looking for a more casual atmosphere.</p>
<p>āA number of my sorority sisters were engineering majors. And we all wore makeup.ā</p>
<p>I donāt think I knew a single girl in engineering who was in a sorority. Iām glad itās changed! A woman actually offered to sponsor me to get into a sorority, but when she said my GPA would help bring up the organizationās, I said no, thanks.</p>
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And here I thought I was the only one. My wife wears makeup every once in a while when weāre going out to a restaurant or a party, but I think she looks prettier before she puts it on (Iāve learned to keep that thought to myself, though!). Itās not just my wife, eitherāwhenever a character in a movie has a makeover (e.g. Anne Hathaway in āDevil Wears Pradaā) I always find her more attractive before than after. Different strokes, etcā¦</p>
<p>Many women dress for themselves and other women ( after they are married)
IMO
My husband would prefer I look like Lara Croft when we go out together but he wants me to look like Ma in Little House on the Prarie when I go out by myself.
Neither is really my thing most of the time.</p>
<p>I think there is a difference between dressing up and wearing makeup when you want to, then doing so because it is required to fit in.</p>
<p>Now some college students donāt care about fitting in and so it wouldnāt matter to them, but for example if a large group of people that you were living with, spent lots of time and money on things you were only tangentially aware of or interested in, it would detract somewhat from your relationship with them & you might feel like you had to make the choice between being lonely or going to the dark side.
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<p>Carnegie Mellon was crossed off the list after his visit in 2008. When DS asked a Department Head if the University had a strong faith based student fellowship, the message was clear. If my DS wanted a strong Christian Based Fellowship, then DS was probably looking at the wrong school. </p>
<p>The Department Head did speak the truth (from his perspective). My DS knew then that he would not be happy at Carnegie Mellon. As far as the academic aspects of the school, my DS was very impressed.</p>
<p>D#3 (Northern Californian) visited Tufts on a rainy, cold day. No one was out, it looked really dead. She crossed it off. She visited Michigan on an equally cold, snowy day. At least six people walking by our tour and enthusiastically said, āgo to Michigan; itās great.ā On the opposite spectrum, the next day we visited Northwestern. It was sunny and windy. Three different people walked by the tour and something along the lines ofā¦āNorthwestern sucks; donāt go here.ā</p>
<p>Tufts and Northwestern were quickly taken off the list while Michigan sits at the top.</p>
<p>Cornell and Ithaca - āin the middle of nowhere and I grew up in the middle of nowhereā (true). Didnāt like the attitude at Cornell that āyou donāt need to go anywhere else. Its all here and its the bestā.</p>
<p>My son got to spend a week at Notre Dame the summer before his senior year. That ruined him for many other campuses! We visited Williams College and left early. I loved it and would have been thrilled to attend there but the lack of a town outside the small campus did not appeal to him. He is now at Notre Dame and knows that he made the best choice for him.</p>
<p>āToo much Twilight merchandiseā - LOL! That would have done it for my D, too.</p>
<p>scout 59- my D too!
I guess we should check out the college bookstores more carefully.</p>
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<p>This was in the 1970ās. Maybe we were more progressive in the Midwest:)</p>
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<p>I went to Wellesley. We normally attended class in whatever jeans were on the floor and a t-shirt. There was maybe one person I recall in my dorm who wore makeup on a regular basis.</p>
<p>I remember being struck when I visited BU that the female students were wearing SKIRTS!! Not to mention makeup.</p>
<p>My impression is that the South is where female students are most likely to get dolled up before going to class. Although Iām sure that there are plenty of girls there who donāt fit the stereotype.</p>
<p>My daughter is a grad student at Vanderbilt and she doesnāt think the girls get dolled up at ALL before going to class. In fact, she comments more on what they are NOT wearing (as in NOT wearing enough clothes to cover their bodiesā¦).</p>
<p>āas in NOT wearing enough clothes to cover their bodiesā¦ā
Well, that IS another way of getting noticedā¦</p>
<p>MOWCāIām sure it varies from school to school. I do remember some comments about the majority of female students at <em>some</em> southern school going to class in makeup and well-planned outfits. Of course, such outfits might well involve a judicious display of skin! 
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<p>For that matter, doG only knows what Wellesley students are wearing these days. As the mother of a male, Iāve been in a state of ongoing astonishment about what is considered sufficient coverage by many young women. (I recall seeing a young womanāalso an outstanding athleteāwhom I knew was attending a southern Christian college wearing a camisole top with visible bra at a public gathering one summer evening. I was surprised, to say the least! :)</p>
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<p>Although the visible bra thing is iffy and I would never wear that, that seems perfectly acceptable - a camisole or otherwise simple top and a skirt or shorts with flip flops. Doesnāt say ārevealingā to me. But, even though it is skimpy, I think the real facts of the matter lie in the intent. A pair of short shorts and stilettos says something very different than a pair of short shorts and sneakers.</p>
<p>I am relieved that this is a world in which bra straps can show. I <em>hated</em> to have to deal with pinning them in summer and wearing tube tops to avoid it.</p>
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<p>Oh, wow ā¦ I had tons of sorority sisters who were in engineering ā¦ And yes, they wore (lightly applied) makeup. One was a model for a local hair salon and judging by her FB picture, hasnāt aged a bit.</p>