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just wondering if any of your schools have a dress code. this is the first year for ours and we can't even wear flip flops!
 
we have a dress code... no cut off shorts, no flips flops, no profanity.

I just spent a crap load of money on professional attire last night. Being a grown up stinks.
 
My school, South University, has a dress code. No flip flops, no shorts, no jeans, no indecent attire.. etc I spent lots of $$ on clothes too, considering "business casual" is not how the normal college student dresses. It is kind of hassle, but you can't choose your pharmacy school around dress code.
 
We have no dress code at UF, except for specific classes. For pharmacotherapy IV, V and VI we must dress professionally and wear our lab coats the same as we will on rotations.

No one really dressed like a slob, anyway. Most people wear shorts and sandals except for the few weeks during the year when it is cold, but their clothes are nice.
 
fairyofsong said:
My school, South University, has a dress code. No flip flops, no shorts, no jeans, no indecent attire.. etc I spent lots of $$ on clothes too, considering "business casual" is not how the normal college student dresses. It is kind of hassle, but you can't choose your pharmacy school around dress code.
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You can thank my class for the dress code 😉
 
Caverject said:
You can thank my class for the dress code 😉
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Dress code and Caverject suxs.
 
DownonthePharm said:
Is it an oklahoma school? What is the dress code?
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yea it's OU. stinkin' sooners. anyway, it's just business casual. but like everyone else has said, i had to drop some $$$ to buy new clothes, 'cause this isn't my usual garb. i've only bought a few things so far, but i'll have to keep updating my wardrobe as the year goes on. we are all mostly upset about no flip flops. we can still wear jeans or shorts to class, but no flip flops and it sounds like no t-shirts as well.
 
anyone know about texas schools?
 
i can only speak for Texas Tech...we had to wear professional attire for the first 2 weeks but that was it
 
dana92085 said:
anyone know about texas schools?
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I don't know about RX-schools... but when I was in undergrad..as long as I wore Maroon.. it's all good.

Gig'Em Ag..

c/o 89

we never lost to tu.
 
ZpackSux said:
I don't know about RX-schools... but when I was in undergrad..as long as I wore Maroon.. it's all good.

Gig'Em Ag..

c/o 89

we never lost to tu.
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77-0 by some maroon team in texas....


oh wait that was Oklahoma beating the tar out of A&M....almost forgot.
 
Caverject said:
77-0 by some maroon team in texas....


oh wait that was Oklahoma beating the tar out of A&M....almost forgot.
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And the big brother USC showed how inadequate the sooners are..

c/o 95 USC
 
No dress code at my school either, though there has been talk of starting one for years as I understand it. There is a certain class in the P-2 year that requires professional dress--business casual + lab coat. That class is our professional practice lab where we "pretend" to be pharmacists so we are supposed to dress like them. I don't suppose it would make a difference if I told them the pharmacists at Target wear read t-shirts and tennis shoes, so I should be able to also. Aargh. I think dress codes are pointless. I understand dressing up on the job, but in the classroom, it's just ridiculous.
 
ZpackSux said:
And the big brother USC showed how inadequate the sooners are..

c/o 95 USC
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I never thought a Texas team would need some left coast california team to do it's dirty work. What a bunch of little girls. :meanie:
 
wow! i had no idea that some schools have a dress code. i can't imagine not wearing shorts or flip flops when the weather is warm or jeans when the weather is cold. afterall, we are students. is there a reason to dress business casual to class? i can see if you have a lab that day, but in general...we should be allowed to dress comfortably as long as it's not provactive or something.

anyone know if MWU CCP has a dress code?
 
lazydazy said:
wow! i had no idea that some schools have a dress code. i can't imagine not wearing shorts or flip flops when the weather is warm or jeans when the weather is cold. afterall, we are students. is there a reason to dress business casual to class? i can see if you have a lab that day, but in general...we should be allowed to dress comfortably as long as it's not provactive or something.

anyone know if MWU CCP has a dress code?
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As crazy as a dress code sounds (and sounded to me when applying as an undergrad that loved her jeans and flip flops) it really is a good idea. By dressing nice, you feel more confidant and suitable for the career. It seems to make you more professional and helps prepare you for your future. It looks really nice and clean to have everyone look nice, especially when outside visitors visit the school (some of whom may be looking to donate $$, for example 😉 ) So all in all, it's not as bad as I thought it would be. There are comfortable nice clothes and my dress code is actually not as truly "business-like" as it seemed at first.

Oh yeah, it was also an excuse to go shopping for new clothes 😉
 
By the second week of school this year, professional dress became either shorts or jeans, flip-flops and a lab coat. I really thought that it wouldn't degenerate until later in the year.
 
There is a major difference between being a professional STUDENT and being a PROFESSIONAL...that difference is a paycheck. I do not think students should be obligated to overhaul their entire wardrobes just to give the appearance of being more professional, especially on such a limited budget.The premise is that if we dress like professionals, we will act more like professionals. I disagree. I have worked in many pharmacy environments where everyone dressed professionally and there was still plenty of gossiping, off color jokes, political incorrectness, and HIPPA violations. Dressing like a professional does not make one a professional. Are the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals helping out down in Louisiana NOT "true" professionals just because they are likely not dressed professionally? Being a professional has nothing to do with how one dresses and everything to do with how one conducts oneself on the job and in life. I wish the world still wasn't so superficial and caught up on appearances.
 
Dressing professionally does not mean going out and buying $500 suits. Khakis, a polo, and closed toed shoes are perfectly acceptable, and feel free to wear the same stuff over and over again, if your lab partner notices you've worn the same pants three times that week they need to study more.

The whole concept is no different than being a student and working at a job that requires business casual dress, there is plenty of acceptable and even fashionable stuff out there for inexpensive.

I like dressing up as long as I wont be crawling on the floor and ruining my clothes. Maybe Im old school, but I find most jeans physically uncomfortable for long periods of time, and I think showing up to school in sweats and flip-flops disrespectful.
 
How about school uniforms!

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Honestly, I'd be very happy wearing a white blouse and khaki skirt with flats every day. It would save me some trouble, and it doesn't have to look cheesy.... but then, oh no! How would our girls show off their LV's and Coach's??
 
pharmacology said:
Wanna go to professional school? Dress like a professional. You are gonna have to dress professionally in a year or two so you might as well start now.

Of course the concept is - if you dress like a professional, you will feel like a professional, you will act like a professional, you be a professional now that you are taking professional training.

The first day you walk into pharmacy school you are a pharmacist in training....you might as well act like one.

It is not like you have to wear a business suit.
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I completely disagree. I used to be the one touting dressing professionally for the message it sends to others when I realized that anyone under 35 (especially in the west) rarely gains respect for someone because they dress up. The most professional person I ever worked with (was in a business setting)/knew wore shorts, sandals (often took them off while at work) had long hair and a long beard, and wore a hat every day. It was how he presented himself. Clients would come in and I would worry about their perception, but I was immediately proven wrong. He knew his job, knew our goals, and lived and breathed them. Taught me that anyone who thinks dressing professional makes you professional, actually lacks the professionalism to know what professionalism is.

I have no problem adhereing, I just think it shoudl be student administered and not administration administered.
 
At my school we have to dress professional, if not professors can mark you absent or send you home... I just follow the rules.
 
pharmacology said:
Wanna go to professional school? Dress like a professional. You are gonna have to dress professionally in a year or two so you might as well start now.

Of course the concept is - if you dress like a professional, you will feel like a professional, you will act like a professional, you be a professional now that you are taking professional training.

The first day you walk into pharmacy school you are a pharmacist in training....you might as well act like one.

It is not like you have to wear a business suit.
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I don't agree with you much, but I agree with you 100% on this theory. Then again, I take the profession of pharmacy uber seriously
 
pharmpoke said:
just wondering if any of your schools have a dress code. this is the first year for ours and we can't even wear flip flops!
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FAMU has a dress code. Shirt and tie EVERYDAY for the males and professional attire for the females. But in 4 years when we get out it won't anything for us to dress like a professional because we have been doing it throughout school. Pharmacy school is suppose to prepare you for a future as a pharmacist and your dress code is part of that.
 
DaveRX said:
FAMU has a dress code. Shirt and tie EVERYDAY for the males and professional attire for the females. But in 4 years when we get out it won't anything for us to dress like a professional because we have been doing it throughout school. Pharmacy school is suppose to prepare you for a future as a pharmacist and your dress code is part of that.
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ok.... your thought, in theory is very very correct
however...
i have seen first hand that this really isn't the way it works.

I have done rotations (as well as most of my friends) with someone from a school that has a very strict school dress code.
They showed up to rotations in the most inappropriate clothes. i don't know if they were allowed to get by with that kind of stuff at school and thought that was "appropriate" or what happened.

but yeah.... in theory you're right
 
DaveRX said:
FAMU has a dress code. Shirt and tie EVERYDAY for the males and professional attire for the females. But in 4 years when we get out it won't anything for us to dress like a professional because we have been doing it throughout school. Pharmacy school is suppose to prepare you for a future as a pharmacist and your dress code is part of that.
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It's no big deal for us to dress professionally. When I go to work for my internship and when I'm on rotations, I dress appropriately. When I'm in school, I want to dress comfortably. We were told specifically to make sure that we wore long pants when we are out in public, so you see something other than bare legs under your lab coat. That means no skirts or dresses.

When you work as an intern or go on rotations, you'll find khakis, button down shirts and either flats or sneakers as appropriate pharmacy dress. There are few places that still require a tie for men. Publix comes to mind. Maybe CVS? I've never seen it in a hospital in Florida.
 
Our rotation dress code:
Closed toed shoes only
Tie for guys
Long pants
No sleevless
Clean and ironed lab coat
name tag

it doesn't matter what your preceptor says you can wear or what those around you wear. unless you are doing something that absolutely requires scrubs... no scrubs.
 
Dress code for P1s at VCU/MCV: no atypical body adornments or revealing atire. Most everything else is fair game.
 
When I was at USC, swim trunks, flip flops, tank top, and neck tie was the dress code !!
 
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