<p>I love Ann Taylor! That’s where my interview top is from</p>
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<p>I don’t disagree with Hunt either – but my son’s experience was a little different. Virtually all of his interview’s, including his Yale Alumni interview, were held in coffee shops near his high school at around 4pm. My son wore his “school clothes” to the interviews, which consisted of a nice pair of black jeans, chukka’s, a t-shirt with a v-neck or crew neck sweater on top. He never felt over or under dressed.</p>
<p>Don’t stress about it at all. I came to mine in a tucked in polo shirt, some nice jeans and decent shoes. The guy sitting across from me in the waiting room was dressed in full formal whilst going over his “lines”, and he was the only one out of the 10 of us or so who were there who wore a suit, so again- as long as you dress decently you’re fine. </p>
<p>I wore a nice suit. I met my interviewer at the Yale Club in NYC. The first thing she told me was that I looked nice. I was accepted to Yale…correlation, not causation.</p>
<p>Looking back, OP was talking about an on-campus Yale interview, which is often with a student working for Admissions. It seems like a lot of posters are talking more about alumni interviews, which usually means a bit nicer attire.</p>
<p>Let me just say that the chances of your attire at the interview having any impact on your admission decision are less than microscopic. So don’t obsess over this. Business casual will almost always be perfectly fine. Even the Yale Club in NYC has relaxed its dress code.</p>
<p>The only thing I would add to Hunt’s post is that, as microscopically small the effect of what you wear will be on the interviewer, and however tertiary the effect of the interview will be on the application, there is something to be said for feeling comfortable (it’s August) and not self conscious, so that you can focus on what you and the interviewer can inform each other of.</p>
<p>We are pretty sure that my son’s interview with a rising senior did not affect his application result materially (tbh, who knows), but it was a part of his decision to apply early to Yale because it was around the time that he juggled his college preferences.</p>
<p>I am an alumni interviewer. I usually do interviews after school at a Starbucks, library, etc. Sometimes kids have activities in the evenings. I have told them to come as they are. They have come in cheerleading uniforms, Target uniforms, etc. Of course, they discussed it with me beforehand and I told them that it was better to come as they are than to go home, get dressed and then meet me even later in the evening. Other than that, they usually come dressed pretty neatly -thanks to their parents.</p>