<p>Do college students typically find themselves in need of a suit, ties, shirts, dress shoes, etc? I've got all of it, I'm just wondering if I'm going to be needing that type of attire frequently or if it'll just sit there and take up space.</p>
<p>It depends. I didn’t need a suit until I went on grad school interviews, and I didn’t wear nicer clothes with any sort of frequency until my later years in college when I started doing more interviews and clinical work.</p>
<p>I would definitely bring at least one business casual outfit in case you need it. I never needed a full suit my freshman year, but it depends on what you think you’ll be doing.</p>
<p>Speaking as a girl, I’ve found myself in need of dressier attire on occasion. You would want something nicer for career/internship fairs, interviews, etc. as well as for occasions like going to musical performances, theatre, etc. that require more formal clothing (I do the last two, I don’t know about others). I wouldn’t bring everything though- and if you’re particularly pressed for space, you could probably leave it at home and ask for it to be shipped when you need it.</p>
<p>Bring something you can use to go on an interview and maybe one thing a little less formal for a possible dressy party type event (many schools have a dress up ball type thing once a year).</p>
<p>Yes. Last year I went to at least 6 different events which required dressing up. Some of these pertained to interviews, others to various ceremonies, and the final one to a networking event. Bring at least two “business” outfits to college. You’ll be glad you did.</p>
<p>Yup! You will need at least nice clothes for presentations and such. When I have presentations, I get by wearing a nice button up dress shirt, grey slacks, occasionally a tie, leather belt, and leather shoes. Ladies, that can be interpretated as flats, slacks, and a nice blouse. Nothing too flashy, please!</p>
<p>If you are a business major (or the likes), you will need nicer business informal attire, like a suit and tie. Ladies can get by on black flats, black or grey skirt (fits on or below the knees)/slacks, and a dressy blouse/button up dress shirt. Blazers are appropriate for both men and women.</p>
<p>Also, part of your attire (in any situation) is your physical appearance. Cover all tattoes and keep a clean overall appearance. Guys: groomed hair, clean facial hair, and minimal jewlery. Ladies: hair out of face, appropriate makeup (less is more), kosher amounts of skin showing (no cleavage, please), and minimal jewlery.</p>
<p>Yeah. Every once in a while you do.</p>
<p>I need them all of the time for church and football games, so I have a lot of different dresses. (In the south, we dress up for Saturday games.)</p>
<p>But in general, I’d say you need at least one or two nice outfits for awards, ceremonies, dinners, interviews, etc. You never know what’s going to come up.</p>
<p>Also, each class can be different. On the first day of class, talk with your professor and see what classes/events you need to be appropriatly dressed. Dressing up for presentations/speeches are a must, but you might have other times where you need to dress occordingly. Professors don’t mind questions!</p>
<p>But normally, your professor will tell you ahead of time in class what you need to wear for certain classes/events.</p>
<p>A business suit or similar in the closet may be useful when you are planning an interview for a summer job at a company with that type of dress expectations.</p>
<p>From my experience, these are stuff I needed to dress up for:
- Job/Internship Fairs
- Class projects/presentations (this was only for my business-related classes)
- Fraternity/Sorority events and formal
- Competitions for extracurricular activities (DECA, FBLA, even Speech… any club that has competitions)
- Conventions/conferences
- Interview for internship/job/sorority [or frat for you lol]
- Awards ceremonies</p>
<p>Think about what you’ll possibly be participating in and go from there on how many clothes you’ll actually need to bring. I’d suggest starting off with at least one formal and one semi-formal outfit.</p>
<p>Right, sounds like I’ll bring a small selection of more formal clothes then. I suspected that might be the case but seeing as I’m trying to pack relatively light I thought I’d check first. Thanks for the replies.</p>
<p>Echoing what everyone above me has said. Bring some dress clothes, you’ll be glad you did. At my school everyone was required to take a basic Intro to Speech class, which included wearing formal attire on days you were speaking. So even if a person never planned on going to a job fair, interview, or formal event they still need dress clothes.</p>
<p>I know at syracuses business grad school all are required to wear suit and ties everyday to class and lunch</p>
<p>A suit would probably help for formals but that’s probably the only time you’re ever gonna wear it as a freshman. But I would bring several casual shirts for parties and clubs. I mean, you don’t want to show up to those in a t-shirt and jeans.</p>
<p>Bring a couple of things (don’t forget the shoes) and leave the ones you think you might want to have your family ship to you in a pinch easily accessible in the closet so they can be easily found.</p>
<p>As others said, you’re gonna need it for career fairs and interviews. Even if you’re a freshman, you should still try for these.</p>
<p>Also, make sure the dress clothes fit properly. The point of dress clothes is to look good, but poorly fitting dress clothes do not look good.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, many college age men have a hard time finding well fitting dress clothes, since the more usual target market is older (typically obese) men. College students might also change size and shape easily compared to their high school senior selves (getting more or less muscular or fatter, sometimes both), so the dress clothes that fit at the beginning of frosh year might not fit well at the end of frosh year.</p>
<p>Learning how to dress professional for certain occasions or knowing about tailoring and where to get good prices for high quality is something most college students don’t know. I’d bring a few sets of nice clothes, 2 suits (dark and light color) and the same for a pair of shoes. Your dress can make a huge difference in future opportunities.</p>