The general principle is that everything you produce that represents you needs to look as professional as possible. MAC assignments need to be typed . Typing looks better and is more professional than handwriting. In an interesting national study, a social scientist gave 100 typed copies and 100 hand-written copies of the same student term paper to faculty members all over North America to grade. That's quite a difference.
Professional appearance is important.
A second example of professionalism occurred a few years ago. A MAC student was terminated from an internship for wearing inappropriate and unprofessional clothing while interacting with clients. This was a decision of the internship agency, not the MAC Program, and the pros and cons of this decision could be debated. However, it illustrates how strongly professionals in the field feel about personal appearance. Neither Saint Martin's College nor the MAC Program has a dress code, per se.