Grad School/Business Casual - Page 2

Students are the school's product, it's true, but I don't really care what they get out of me coming out of their institution, I care what I get out of it. That's why I'm there. In fact, that's a pretty self-serving statement from your professors and sounds more like administration-speak bullshit.

However, pretending for a second I agree with them, we are also each our own product manager and brand manager and as such have the discretion to determine what form and packaging the product should have and how it should be presented to the market.

Not at any I've worked in. Doing a bit of work, interacting well and not talking shite rather than wearing a collar is the surest way to get respect.

The thread is a bit old, but I wanted to mention that it really depends on the program/school. I'm in grad school at Texas A&M, which isn't normally associated with dressing well, but some profs actually require business casual. One professor is actually rumored to ask that the male students wear a jacket.

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I am assuming its NPS, and if so, the clothes you've listed are perfect. Most of your peers will be in dockers and a shirt.