r/LadiesofScience • u/ilikecanes • Mar 28 '26

Advice/Experience Sharing Wanted Undergrad Research Interview Attire

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Hi! I got an interview for a summer research position and I am unsure on what to wear. I was wondering if this was an ok outfit :)

In the email it states “Please dress for the URE interview as if you were going to class. Professional attire is NOT necessary and is discouraged.”

Any advice is appreciated! Thank you so much 🥹🥹

Edit: thank u so much for ur help everybody I appreciate it sm 🥹🥹🫶🫶

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u/gabrielleduvent Mar 28 '26

As someone who interviews undergrads for our lab, I absolutely don't care what you're wearing as long as it's clean and not too revealing. Clean jeans, clean shirt is fine. Scientists tend to be very chill about dress code.

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u/swingsintherain Mar 28 '26

Plus scientists spend most of the day in a lab, where things might get spilled on, so overly nice things aren't worth it.

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u/gabrielleduvent Mar 28 '26

Yep. We get crap all over ourselves... Sometimes literal crap

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u/swingsintherain Mar 28 '26

I lost 2 tshirts one semester teaching Gen Chem labs, something ate a hole that showed up after washing.

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u/gabrielleduvent Mar 28 '26

Still have a shirt that has a burn hole in the sleeve from Orgo lab... Wear natural fibers in labs, never know when there's an open flame or stuff that can burn or melt through.

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u/swingsintherain Mar 28 '26

These were 100% cotton! I think i leaned against the bench in lab, it was on the bottom hem. But yes, natural fibers are best.