<p>Hello, I'm going to an Open House for a casual wear Boarding School tomorrow. I was thinking to wear a nice skirt and a matching top but am I fretting about what they will think of outerwear too much? Will it be okay to just show up in jeans? I just do not want to look too formal while everyone else looks unconcerned and informal about it.</p>
<p>I know it is just an open house but I just want to be sure, what is the dress code?</p>
<p>Open houses are opportunities for both you to get to know a school and a school to get to know you. The other people who show up for such events are not important, as they may or more likely may not be your classmates. These people (others at the event) will probably not remember what you specifically were wearing unless you are so far off base that you stick out (leave the goth-wear behind).</p>
<p>The best advice I can give is to dress to match what you see on the school website that fits with your personal style (important to feel comfortable in your clothes). This is probably more dressy than the typical day as schools market to a target image. That target image is exactly what they want to recruit, so you will make the best possible impression on admissions folks if you fit that mold.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for replying. I take that as “don’t really care about what everyone else is wearing and wear what you think will give off a good impression and the image you want your boarding school will get of you.” You are certainly correct that out of the many kids that come to the open house they are not going to remember what one girl was wearing but I definitely want to be in the group that seems qualifying. </p>
<p>Thanks again, I’m applying to Peddie and Hotchkiss this year for ninth grade and can get slightly nervous and worriful.
I know it’s a bad habit.</p>