Dress-Code at Oxbridge and other british unis open house?

Do you mean an Open Day?
Wear whatever you like. There are always a few who turn up in a suit, but all of the Open Day helpers are students, and will be in jeans with probably some college stash of some kind.
In all honesty I'd say even wear what you like for interview - but at an Open Day I guarantee nobody will remember you unless you do something drastic.

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OP

Bekaboo

Do you mean an Open Day?
Wear whatever you like. There are always a few who turn up in a suit, but all of the Open Day helpers are students, and will be in jeans with probably some college stash of some kind.
In all honesty I'd say even wear what you like for interview - but at an Open Day I guarantee nobody will remember you unless you do something drastic.

Oh sorry I meant Open Day. What...we can wear whatever we want at an Oxbridge interview? :eek:

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Garden_Gnome

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jenna109

Oh sorry I meant Open Day. What...we can wear whatever we want at an Oxbridge interview? :eek:

For an interview then smart but fairly casual. I wouldn't wear a suit or anything too formal.

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Yeah pretty much. I wore jeans, and I was far from alone. I wouldn't wear shorts because the interview is in December and Oxford is a cold city :wink:

Although that said in my first year the choir gave me an award for wearing shorts in sub-zero conditions :wink:

But yeah, the only people who turn up suited-and-booted are lawyers and a few medics.

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BJack

jenna109

Oh sorry I meant Open Day. What...we can wear whatever we want at an Oxbridge interview? :eek:

Clean clothes are probably preferable, but it's not like you're required to wear a suit — a lot of the tutors won't be wearing suits, either. It's more important to wear something that you'll feel comfortable in.

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OP

Bekaboo

Yeah pretty much. I wore jeans, and I was far from alone. I wouldn't wear shorts because the interview is in December and Oxford is a cold city :wink:

Although that said in my first year the choir gave me an award for wearing shorts in sub-zero conditions :wink:

But yeah, the only people who turn up suited-and-booted are lawyers and a few medics.

ohh i'm applying to oxford or cambridge law aha. but it's way too hot to wear a suit!
also, i'm really confused. do people take classes at the colleges or is there an actual law faculty? is oxford university just built up of several colleges, or is there an actual building called "OXFORD." and what about cambridge?

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Someone hasn't done her research yet :p:

No, there is no building called 'Oxford'. There is a law faculty, where lectures might happen, and a law library, but your tutorials will happen in college (yours or someone elses) in a tutor's room.

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OP

So shorts are ok?
At my high school, we are not allowed to wear shorts when we have casual day (so when we are not in our uniforms). My school thinks shorts "reveal too much." also mini skirts haha.

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Vikki =]

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jenna109

ohh i'm applying to oxford or cambridge law aha. but it's way too hot to wear a suit!
also, i'm really confused. do people take classes at the colleges or is there an actual law faculty? is oxford university just built up of several colleges, or is there an actual building called "OXFORD." and what about cambridge?

Hot?
Where are you from?

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OP

Bekaboo

Someone hasn't done her research yet :p:

No, there is no building called 'Oxford'. There is a law faculty, where lectures might happen, and a law library, but your tutorials will happen in college (yours or someone elses) in a tutor's room.

aha ok thanks...I've got to do some research before I leave to England. Can't wait! :biggrin:

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OP

'Vikki

']Hot?
Where are you from?

Oh it's not that hot in England? Oh no...I really got to do some research aha. I haven't even checked the temperature. I'm from Canada and now, it's hot enough to wear shorts!
I've just researched a bit about the colleges at Oxbridge and stuff.

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jenna109

Oh it's not that hot in England? Oh no...I really got to do some research aha. I haven't even checked the temperature. I'm from Canada and now, it's hot enough to wear shorts!
I've just researched a bit about the colleges at Oxbridge and stuff.
Right now it's between 15 and 20 degrees depending on the day. So....

15/5*9+32 = 59F ish?
My (Canadian) flatmate is occasionally wearing shorts, but if I were you I'd bring a jumper!

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generalebriety

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jenna109

ohh i'm applying to oxford or cambridge law aha. but it's way too hot to wear a suit!
also, i'm really confused. do people take classes at the colleges or is there an actual law faculty? is oxford university just built up of several colleges, or is there an actual building called "OXFORD." and what about cambridge?

The institution called "the University of Oxford" is made up of its constituent colleges, faculties, etc. There is no main building, there is no reception desk, and so on. You will live in college or in accommodation owned by your college, have tutorials probably in your college or another college or at your faculty, and have lectures either at your faculty or at a generic lecture block booked out by your faculty.

There is no "dress code" except for certain events at the university (e.g. matriculation, graduation, formal college events throughout the year); you should absolutely not go to an open day dressed up because you'll just stick out like a sore thumb, and plenty of people go to interviews in casual clothes. As long as you don't look dirty, you'll be fine. I went in rather scruffy casual clothes and got in (to Cambridge). And no, I wouldn't recommend shorts, just because it's not that kind of weather...

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BJack

jenna109

So shorts are ok?

Yes. I saw more than a couple of girls wearing incredibly short shorts at the open days last year.

jenna109

Oh it's not that hot in England?

England is, very broadly speaking, much warmer in winter and a little cooler in summer than Canada.

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