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Thanks for the thorough answer!

I'm a male applicant invited to an in person interview for an interdisciplinary PhD program. I will be interviewing with faculty from the following departments: Math, Computer Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering. My day to day wardrobe is flip-flops, sweatpants and a t-shirt/sweater but I fear that this is too casual for a recruitment event where I will be interacting with potential employers. On the other hand, none of my professors ever complained about what I wore to the lab, class, etc. I'd prefer to go about this like a normal day at school but I don't want to come off as sloppy.

Will do, thanks!

I submitted an application to an interdisciplinary program and specifically mentioned only one faculty member whom I am especially interested in. I have just gotten an email from another faculty member thanking me for expressing interest in his lab and wanting to Skype about my application, experience, interests, etc. To be honest this professor's lab looks really cool and is more focused on a lot of stuff I did in undergrad research than any one else in the program, but I definitely never mentioned his lab in my SOP. His email does not say anything about him being on the admissions committee either. How do I handle this?