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Interview/Preview Weekend Dress Code [#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2007, 07:20
Has anyone attended a school's "preview weekend", where there are two days worth of events at the school and you can interview with an ad comm at some point? I have been invited to a few of these and will most likely attend, but i'm not sure what the dress code is. I'm assuming business professional would be best (suit and tie), but I don't want to look like a tool if everyone else is in business casual.

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[#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2007, 07:26
Call the admissions office and find out the dress code. I would assume business formal, but best to double check.
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[#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2007, 07:52
I'd go for formal. Even if it happens that all other are casual, it's a great chance to practice your charisma and make *them* look like nerds. That's a matter of perception, after all - if you behave like a king, you *are* a king.
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[#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2007, 09:41
If you are talking about an interview I can't think of a business school that I have been to where anyone dressed in anything less than a suit. Err on the side of caution, wear a suit.
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[#permalink] New post   Updated on: 17 Jan 2007, 12:48
Mark4124 wrote:
If you are talking about an interview I can't think of a business school that I have been to where anyone dressed in anything less than a suit. Err on the side of caution, wear a suit.


Right, but i'm talking about a preview weekend. It's where the school invites applicants for a weekend to show them the school's amenities and to talk to professors, current students, alumni, etc. I'm not sure if I need to wear a suit all weekend for this part, or if business casual will suffice; i'm definitely wearing a suit for the interview portion.

Originally posted by eazyb81 on 17 Jan 2007, 12:08.
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[#permalink] New post   17 Jan 2007, 12:45
I'd go business casual, with maybe a sportcoat in tow, just in case. Suit and Tie for the interview though.
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[#permalink] New post   20 Jan 2007, 21:48
I went to Berkeley's big to-do this summer, and it really didn't matter. This, though, was a pre-application event. I suppose that at an event like the one you're describing, you are more likely to make an impression that is actually linked with your name.
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[#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2007, 09:44
Just for teh sake of comparison - at GSB's preview weekend most everyone was in busines casual attire, some people wore jeans, but I thought that was pushing it. Though, no one had "interviews" to go to that day either...
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[#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2007, 10:07
Business casual for the preview w/e and formal for the interview.
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[#permalink] New post   21 Jan 2007, 13:02
for my interview, i went formal, with a tie and jacket.
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