<p>Hi, my friend and his son will be attending admissions interviews and were wondering what to wear. I guess some schools would prefer rather formal dress code and some more casual (or sport casual). I would appreciate any ideas on the following schools:</p>
<p>Choate Rosemary Hall
Milton Academy
Loomis Chaffe
St. Marks School
St. Georges
The Hill School</p>
<p>The school’s student dress code should set the MINIMUM standard for what should be worn at the interview. When I phoned to set up interviews at different schools, the AO’s at some of the formal dress schools did request that candidate dress as such. Look at each schools’ website and see how the kids there dress. When in Rome… </p>
<p>Interview time is NOT the time for personal sartorial expression. You can do that AFTER you get admitted.</p>
<p>Navy Blazer, tie, khaki slacks to all the schools on your list.</p>
<p>We looked up the dress code appropriate to that time if year and followed it. An additional bonus of doing that is that it is a reality check for your kid…that dress code is what they will expected to wear. It is good for them to see if it is a deal breaker. We also viewed it as showing the school we cared enough to try.</p>
<p>For boys, it doesn’t matter what the dress code is. Wear “the uniform” as granny2 says.</p>
<p>Ditto to granny2.
I’ll just add dress shoes or dark shoes. Not fluorescent green sneakers that is a rage these days.</p>
<p>I don’t know about others, but Hill school had the ‘uniform dress code’. St Mark’s no uniform but formal. Choate was pretty casual.</p>
<p>No, not uniform but Formal (think blazer and tie for young Men and blazer or lettered sweater for the young Ladies), and from what I hear it is more “Relaxed Formal” for the most part…</p>
<p>^ Yes to granny2.</p>
<p>True story:
I was in Portsmouth NH last January for a tournament with my younger daughter, staying at some chain hotel. When we went down to breakfast, I saw a dad and his son at a table, dressed in a nice blazer, shirt and tie (as opposed to the warmup suits/casual everyone else was wearing).</p>
<p>I went up to them said “You guys look like you are heading to a boarding school interview.” The Dad laughed and confirmed that indeed, they were headed to Exeter that day.</p>
<p>You can never go wrong being a little more formal than a school’s dress code (no you don’t need a tux!). S1 wore blazer/shirt & tie/khakis/dark shoes to all interviews. Including uber-casual day school.</p>
<p>@SevenDad Priceless!</p>
<p>This doesn’t apply to the OP, but I’ve worn a semi-formal dress (think synagogue or church) with some sort of jacket (blazer or cardigan) and flats or cowgirl boots to all my interviews, from the formal schools to the ones with no dress code.</p>
<p>Look at the school’s dress code: eg if requires no heels and below knee dress > hint</p>
<p>The question is with the winter tour/interview combo: do you bring the change of shoes with you and change for the interview?</p>
<p>No
Wear shoes appropriate for walking outside
Uggs always good</p>
<p>I was just wondering about shoes. My son’s dress shoes from last year (the ones he only wore for band concerts) no longer fit and I really don’t want to buy a new pair for tomorrow’s interview. He won’t wear them again and it’s so cold right now. Below 20 degrees and walking around for a tour in the winter in brand new dress shoes sounds like the worst idea ever. Can we do the tennis shoes?</p>
<p>He also doesn’t own a dress coat. Just a Lands End parka. I’m hoping that will okay.</p>
<p>I know Exeter’s dress code doesn’t care about shoes.</p>
<p>I see you’re going to Culver. I don’t know anything about the school but I assume the parka will be okay.</p>
<p>IMO, the parka is fine but the tennis shoes aren’t. Parkas mean “it’s cold” but tennis shoes bespeak “casual.” How about a pair of winter boots?</p>