Anonymous wrote:FWIW Taking showers is not uncommon in Seattle. Maybe the other poster has acquaintances who practice an alternate form of hygiene. But, Seattle is not the South & it is not NYC so dressing to impress is not a thing in the Pacific Northwest.

Funny you should say this. My kid wore a pantsuit to her "UDub" interview...and a current grad student teased, "You must be from the East Coast!"

Thanks for all of the responses so far

OP defintiely do this.

It's a great school.

My son's BF did it and his outcome was fantastic.

My DS did similar at Univ. of CO the job opportunities have been fantastic. He loved it. And he hates school LOL Masters programs run very different from BS degrees, so much more interesting.

Anonymous wrote:^my birth family bleeds Husky *Purple*

I need lunch...

The first party I went to in Ann Arbor, I met a woman who explained very earnestly, that her blood WAS "maize and blue." And she was a nurse.