<p>Depends on where your meeting. If it’s at the interviewer’s workplace, casual fancy would suffice (black/navy/gray sweater, black slacks, black shoes). </p>
<p>I had my Wesleyan interview just this morning at a cafe. I wore a brown patterned sweater, black skinny jeans, and shoes with a subtle flower pattern on that. Clearly not very fancy, but I felt that it fit in with the school’s personality and the location of the interview. At my Haverford interview (also at a cafe), I wore black slacks, a nice purple sweater, dressy flats, and subtle sunflower earrings. Both my interviewers were laidback; I’m sure they didn’t care that I wasn’t suited up, because I showed that I was serious about their college through what I said during the interview.</p>
<p>Both interviews went really well, and the tone of each was casual. I was asked about my hobbies and passions, and the interview just sort of flowed. No note-taking or lists of questions.</p>
<p>Wow, you guys put a lot of thought into this.</p>
<p>All my interviewers told me to dress normally so I did - jeans+one of my cleaner t shirts.</p>
<p>Unless the specifically ask you to be formal, I don’t any reason to not be yourself. How you dress is not even vaguely a factor (almost word for word what my Chicago interviewer said).</p>
<p>I am going to Duke in a few days to meet a prof and a coach. I will be visiting a class and sitting in on a practice (but not participating).</p>
<p>Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I should wear? It is supposed to be around 45 degrees, but I am from Boston, so I was thinking a light fleece in terms of jacket.</p>
<p>How appropriate is ethnic wear for a campus interview? For example, a chudidar or salwar kameez? Will they be considered inappropriate because they’re usually more colourful than Western formal attire or will adcoms like that you are reflecting your heritage? I’m going to be doing campus interviews this summer and I was curious although I’m not really planning to wear a salwar. I don’t have many “interview clothes” and since I am an intl I’ll have to consider things like laundry, packing etc.</p>
<p>Also, what about wearing bright colours? As in, a blood red/deep purple blouse/dress shirt (for a girl). Are prints ok, e.g. florals? Idk I’m just worried because I am planning to get campus interviews this summer and I have limited space in my baggage.</p>
<p>Puttu, I think that patterns and bright colors would definitely be fine. I’ve worn a yellow skirt, carried a floral bag. I think salvar kameez would be fine and am not familiar with chudidar, but as long as there are no plunging necklines or offensive words, which I’m sure there aren’t, you should be fine. Dress is has exiguous importance in the interview.</p>
<p>Hey Milan, haha you;ve just given me a new SAT word to learn - exiguous. Was this for ur MIT interview? Chudidar is just the same as salwar but tighter bottoms. Thanks for the input, I have lots of space constraints while packing so I dunno how it’s going to work out.</p>
<p>My MIT interview was actually one of my more conservative outfits. White, short-sleeved shirt from Ann Taylot, tan tulip skirt from BCBG, random shoes I borrowed from my mother, and (I think) pantyhose. The yellow skirt, with a big trendy waist belt, was my UChicago interview. And the floral bag was, like, all the ones that weren’t in the dead of winter :).
Thanks for giving me a new style of clothing to learn! And I’m sure you’ll be fine clothing-wise, though I know packing for an on-campus interview can be daunting (What will the weather be? Will I have an iron? What won’t wrinkle but is still nice enough?).</p>
<p>I’m visiting a bunch of colleges and coming all the way from HK to India to the US so it’s going to be worse. Lol yeah, ayah looks like there is shoe shopping in my future.</p>