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[RedPanda]

Fellow geoscience folks, I need advice ASAP! I'm heading for my first school visit tomorrow and I've completely worked myself up about what to wear.

I was going to go with a simple pair of black business-casual pants with a sweater and a pair of comfy flats, but I checked the weather report and they're calling for rain/snow the whole time I'm going to be in Pennsylvania. Would dark jeans with nice-ish boots be ok? I know that geoscience departments are pretty casual but it seems really strange to show up for an official visit wearing jeans.

Help! This process is stressful enough without getting worked up about something as silly as clothing, lol.

[parable151]

I would treat it like a job interview and wear the slacks.

[waddle]

Have you been accepted? If so, it doesn't really matter. I showed up to two snowy school visits (one post-acceptance, one pre-) in jeans and a pair of battered sneakers. At the time, I didn't own any boots, and those were the warmest shoes I had (though I did bring along a pair of nicer shoes). I wasn't accepted to the latter school, but probably not for reasons of (lack of) style.

[RedPanda]

Haha, now that you mention it, yes I have already been accepted and I don't think they're going to rescind the offer based on my wardrobe.

Thanks for putting my mind at ease! I do think I'll just overprepare, though, and bring both the nice pants and the boots. Boom, problem solved.

[Marshall]

I went to interviews for masters programs wearing jeans.. We're geologist...

[Marshall]

Oh! and I was accepted to both programs, lol...

[NoNO]

Get a really nice polartec jacket... and wear a star trek tie