Brilliancy of Wake Forest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Duncan
Brian Piccolo
Arnold Palmer
Chris Paul

Arnold Palmer never graduated.

Really? We’re going to nitpick this?

He has a dorm named after him and frequently used to come to the school for big events before he passed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never thought I’d see the day Maya Angelou would get tokenized by Wake Forest boosters, of all people.

Who is tokenizing? A poster said no one notable was at Wake. She is pretty darn notable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU > Tufts > WF = Rochester > Lehigh.

People. Get a life. These are all good schools. They are all VERY different in every way. Given how hard it is to get accepted to colleges today, just chill out and be glad for the different kid who are drawn to these different schools instead of ranking them. It is honestly a complete waste of time to do so. There are hugely successful grads from pretty much any school and grads who are much less successful as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU > Tufts > WF = Rochester > Lehigh.

People. Get a life. These are all good schools. They are all VERY different in every way. Given how hard it is to get accepted to colleges today, just chill out and be glad for the different kid who are drawn to these different schools instead of ranking them. It is honestly a complete waste of time to do so. There are hugely successful grads from pretty much any school and grads who are much less successful as well.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU > Tufts > WF = Rochester > Lehigh.

People. Get a life. These are all good schools. They are all VERY different in every way. Given how hard it is to get accepted to colleges today, just chill out and be glad for the different kid who are drawn to these different schools instead of ranking them. It is honestly a complete waste of time to do so. There are hugely successful grads from pretty much any school and grads who are much less successful as well.

Is "Rochester" RIT or U of R?

[Anonymous]

LOVE Wake! It's a great school, great sports - excellent reputation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LOVE Wake! It's a great school, great sports - excellent reputation.

+1 a lot of vitriol spewed here for such a small school that crushes it in both academics and sports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU > Tufts > WF = Rochester > Lehigh.

People. Get a life. These are all good schools. They are all VERY different in every way. Given how hard it is to get accepted to colleges today, just chill out and be glad for the different kid who are drawn to these different schools instead of ranking them. It is honestly a complete waste of time to do so. There are hugely successful grads from pretty much any school and grads who are much less successful as well.

Is "Rochester" RIT or U of R?

U of R

RIT is a couple of levels below

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Duncan
Brian Piccolo
Arnold Palmer
Chris Paul

Arnold Palmer never graduated.

Really? We’re going to nitpick this?

He has a dorm named after him and frequently used to come to the school for big events before he passed

yes he does, it was the football dorm back in the 80s and he used to show up and drink beer in the woods behind it with the football team.

The school used him for marketing, he never asked for it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maya Angelou taught there - I hope you know who she is

I do, my brother took her class along with 99 other football players. Don't be fooled by schools and their well known professors. She passed every single one of them who rarely went to class.

That's BS. She was an upper division woman's studies professor, and her classes were interesting and challenging. If she had one entry level class that some athletics males took because she made enlightenment more important that grading, big freaking deal. And she taught at Wake before she gained national notoriety -- the university recognized her brilliance before the rest of the nation. And BS about Wake athletics not going to class.

oh ok because you were one of them or you just don't think that at such "special" places they get special treatment? and yes, she did teach an entry level class. long before anyone outside of Winston Salem knew of her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Duncan
Brian Piccolo
Arnold Palmer
Chris Paul

Arnold Palmer never graduated.

Really? We’re going to nitpick this?

He has a dorm named after him and frequently used to come to the school for big events before he passed

yes he does, it was the football dorm back in the 80s and he used to show up and drink beer in the woods behind it with the football team.

The school used him for marketing, he never asked for it.

You want to rattle off all of the pro golfers who attended Wake?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can’t think of a school besides Stanford and Duke that has the combination of strong academics and top-ranked sports teams

Wake Forest has won a total of 9 National Championships with 5 coming since 2002. Stanford leads the way with 157. Most Ivy league schools have more and Duke has 17 They have a really long way to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Duncan
Brian Piccolo
Arnold Palmer
Chris Paul

Arnold Palmer never graduated.

Really? We’re going to nitpick this?

He has a dorm named after him and frequently used to come to the school for big events before he passed

yes he does, it was the football dorm back in the 80s and he used to show up and drink beer in the woods behind it with the football team.

The school used him for marketing, he never asked for it.

You want to rattle off all of the pro golfers who attended Wake?

Is golf a sport?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can’t think of a school besides Stanford and Duke that has the combination of strong academics and top-ranked sports teams

Wake Forest has won a total of 9 National Championships with 5 coming since 2002. Stanford leads the way with 157. Most Ivy league schools have more and Duke has 17 They have a really long way to go.

How many undergrad at Wake again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tim Duncan
Brian Piccolo
Arnold Palmer
Chris Paul

Arnold Palmer never graduated.

Really? We’re going to nitpick this?

He has a dorm named after him and frequently used to come to the school for big events before he passed

yes he does, it was the football dorm back in the 80s and he used to show up and drink beer in the woods behind it with the football team.

The school used him for marketing, he never asked for it.

he participated - he didn't have to. I vividly remember pictures of him riding in a little cart at a football game. Did they force him into the cart against his will?