Med30s Posted October 21, 2014 Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Bit of what might seem a strange question: I have heard from someone who assists applicants with school admissions that adcoms view clean-shaven men in a better light than those with facial hair (even if this is a subconscious discrimination). I can understand that scraggly unkept beards or the I-haven't-shaved-in-5-days look is probably not a great idea, but is having a well kept, trimmed beard still risky? Said person claims that adcoms are generally conservative and while they may not know they're doing it, may rank their first impression of you lower because you aren't clean-shaven. The thing is it's really difficult to gauge whether this claim has any merit to it or not. What does everyone think? Keep it, or just shave because it's just for the interviews and might as well be on safe side? Remember, after shaving your facial hair that you've maintained regularly, you WILL feel/look like a four year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Just shave it Whether or not they actually do this, it's just not worth leaving it up to chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
della19 Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Bit of what might seem a strange question: I have heard from someone who assists applicants with school admissions that adcoms view clean-shaven men in a better light than those with facial hair (even if this is a subconscious discrimination). I can understand that scraggly unkept beards or the I-haven't-shaved-in-5-days look is probably not a great idea, but is having a well kept, trimmed beard still risky? Said person claims that adcoms are generally conservative and while they may not know they're doing it, may rank their first impression of you lower because you aren't clean-shaven. The thing is it's really difficult to gauge whether this claim has any merit to it or not. What does everyone think? Keep it, or just shave because it's just for the interviews and might as well be on safe side? Remember, after shaving your facial hair that you've maintained regularly, you WILL feel/look like a four year old. Our class is positively full of guys with beards. That said, I have two ear piercings per lobe, and I aired on those side of caution and took the second one out for interviews, so up to you ultimately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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