<p>Dartmouth, Brown. UCLA, and Duke?</p>
<p>Yeah, it's kind of a stupid question, but I'm visiting next week and I don't want to look out of place. ex. I don't want to show up in designer or extremely preppy clothes and look too elitist....but I also don't want to go in sweats and t-shirt and have people think that I'm a scumbag lol</p>
<p>UCLA: a UCLA hooded Sweatshirt + shades.</p>
<p>Casual is fine :)</p>
<p>Duke: very preppy........</p>
<p>UCLA: gang colors and prison tattoos</p>
<p>TonyLTH12: Wow, is it really that cold? I was picturing everybody in t-shirts and tank tops...but then I'm from NY so I don't really know how the weather is in LA
Untilted: Old-school preppy? Like Polo, Lacoste, etc.?
sonners.brian: awesome, I'll fit right in :)</p>
<p>any more?</p>
<p>aw... you typed my name wrong.
Actually, I based it on last week's weather... which was weird.
It does get hot when the sunshine comes out. I assume next week will have plenty of sunshine. So yea, bring some shades.
ALot of students were wearing the hooded sweatshirt... but like I said, the weather was weird last week.</p>
<p>oops, sorry about the name...i fixed it</p>
<p>oook, thanks. You'll luv the campus. Wear comfortable shoes, esp. if you plan to walk from De Neve to Murhpy Hall up that hill.</p>
<p>duke you'd fit in wearing jeans and a polo. collar doesn't even have to be popped.</p>
<p>But bonus points for designer jeans + pink popped polo :-p</p>
<p>At Dartmouth, jeans and a t-shirt are fine. You don't have to go all out, but be neat.</p>
<p>edit: bring a sweater - the weather's been kind of funky. it was 75 one day and snowing within a week. It seems to have leveled out in the mid-50 to low 60s now, but it can still be a bit chilly at night. Also, make sure you have shoes that can stand a little mud in case it rains.</p>
<p>to the OP: Duke is not really old-school preppy (ties+blazers) , not new-school preppy either. it's like in between. </p>
<p>polo/button-down and khakis/nice non-ripped jeans will be fine. loafers or fancy flip-flops for extra points. ribbon belt and croakies and baseball hats if you want to fit in the stereotype even more. collars shouldn't be popped.</p>
<p>garrr!: That is weird weather...hopefully it doesn't rain!
Untilted: Yay, I hate popped collars anyways. How warm is it in Durham (will I be hot in jeans, or should I go with shorts)?</p>
<p>Polo shirt + jeans should do it pretty much anywhere with decent weather.</p>
<p>It'll be in the 70s or maybe even pushing 80 next week in Durham, so you might be better off in shorts, but I doubt you'd be extremely uncomfortable in jeans...</p>
<p>I'd say wear what you want. Be yourself. This isn't high school anymore where a group of all your friends are into the same trends. In college, people aren't going to look at you and say "man he doesn't fit in", because really, they probably don't know you. Don't force yourself to wear a pink polo with a popped collar and designer jeans because everyone else does. Plus, at big schools like UCLA (and it's not like the other 3 are tiny either) you find LOTS of different people and styles.</p>
<p>what kingjames23 said is true.</p>
<p>however, you will get judged based on how you dress though. no one will say "you don't fit in" if you wear ghetto clothes or if you wear tuxedo, but they would give you a shallow judgement, tho.</p>
<p>^^ exactly...I just want to make a good first impression. Obviously, I won't tailor my entire wardrobe to suit the stereotype of whatever school I eventually decide to attend. I'm not buying anything new for my visits, specifically- I'm trying to pick what to bring out of the many clothes I already have. Thanks for everyone's help so far!</p>
<p>If you wanna "go down swinging" wear a tux heh.</p>
<p>sooners.bryan:</p>
<p>I think you have us confused with USC. </p>
<p>/Just sayin.</p>
<p>lol thanks for the tip 8 1/2...but I'm not a guy</p>