<p>I have an admissions interview coming up and I'm not completely sure how I need to dress. I know Wake is a fairly conservative school and kind-of preppy so do I need to dress more formal? Would a seersucker jacket with a bow tie be acceptable or would it really stand out?</p>
<p>I think it’d be a little ridiculous looking. I’d just wear a nice shirt, khakis and tie. Jacket if you’d like</p>
<p>I’d definitely go seersucker and bowtie – make them remember you. If you’re going to wear a tie/beau be sure to wear a blazer with it.</p>
<p>I normally wear seersucker when I dress up. I personally don’t even own a navy blazer; I only have my seersucker one and a camelhair one. I just don’t want to look out of place for my interview.</p>
<p>You answered your question–be yourself and if that is you, wear it. </p>
<p>As an admissions officer, I always really appreciate when students dress up a bit (and send thank yous afterwards)–it is much more respectful.</p>
<p>I agree. It’ll be obvious that you dressed up for your interview, but that’s not a bad thing at all.</p>
<p>When S interviewed, we saw people with everything from jeans to suits at the admission office. The jeans and suits really stood out as the exception. S was admitted and wore a pair of khakis, button-down dress shirt. Mostly, applicants wore something like they would to church. Seersucker suit and bow tie would be way over the top…but if that is your personality…go for it.</p>
<p>For college interviews I wore business causal attire (I am female so I wore a nice shirt and black pants with low heels). I thought that full on suits were going a bit overboard but dressing too casually is probably worse. I agree that a seersucker suit and a bow tie might be a bit over the top - if you don’t end up wearing them there is a lot of room for that attire at our football games anyway! </p>
<p>Then again I wore a nice shirt and pajama shoes/slippers during my Wake interview because I did it over Skype. :-)</p>