Harvard Interview

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<p>Hello all, </p>

<p>I'm not new to perusing CC but I only very rarely post, but I've run into a bit of predicament. </p>

<p>I just scheduled my interview for Harvard University (!). It's this Sunday, at 9:00 AM, and at a Starbucks. </p>

<p>My question would be how should I dress? I know for a school like Harvard the expected thing is to wear a suit and tie and sportscoat etc but we are meeting on a Sunday morning and at a Starbucks. Wouldn't dressing as such be inappropriate? For my Cornell interview, we met at Barnes and Noble and I wore jeans and a nicer long sleeve shirt and it was perfect. Does the "Harvard standard" necessitate dressing up way fancier than the time and locale? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>

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<p>I just had my Harvard interview yesterday in a coffee shop. I wore khaki pants, a business casual argyle sweater, a North Face jacket, and loafers, and my interviewer dressed about the same in terms of formality. I think that’s pretty much as dressy as you need to make it. I don’t think that your interviewer will require you to wear a suit to a Barnes and Noble.</p>

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<p>Yes, you should never dream of wearing the same clothes for Harvard and backwater degree-mill schools like Cornell…</p>

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<p>Thank you, Saturnineman, that helps. I just asked you this question on a different thread and when I come back to check mine you responded haha. </p>

<p>DwightEisenhower you clearly misinterpreted my tone and the nature of the comparison.</p>

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<p>My Harvard interview was at Panera Bread on a Sunday morning. My interviewer wore khaki pants, and a long sleeved polo.</p>

<p>I wore pretty much the same thing as Saturnineman.</p>

<p>There’s no point in wearing a suit or a dress jacket. I actually just wore a dress shirt (without a tie) to my Princeton interview. </p>

<p>I wore recommend going “business casual,” with a little bit more casual.</p>

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<p>Just wear what you wore to your Cornell interview. It’s fine.</p>

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<p>Obviously I was exaggerating your comparison by calling Cornell a “degree mill,” so if I was being a jerk I apologize. I was pointing out that you were under the absurd impression that Harvard requires a separate dress code than a comparable institution such as Cornell. Given that you referred to a “Harvard standard” I don’t think I misinterpreted much.</p>