Let me guess, most, if not all of the friends you talked with are male. Wear your kilt out to a party or some other gathering, and await the female's and/or stranger's reactions. I assure you, they will be more positive, and you will be the center of attention (the place to be when you are at those kinds of events and are a strapping college lad) There will be some idiots asking about "your skirt", but check out some of the one liners on the kiltday page and you can beat them with humor.

I am past college age, but I still remember those days. I live, and went to college, in Nebraska.

P.S. If you wear a Wildcats shirt to the upcoming football game versus the Nebraska Cornhuskers, you got a pretty good chance of getting on TV. Plus, you'll be the one your section will be talking about after the game. And people you don't even know will be asking you about it later.