Wake Forest ED, how is it going?

[Anonymous]

My senior is planning to apply RD, but we have heard some surprising ED rejections from peers. Anyone else rejected or accepted ED? Stats?

[Anonymous]

A friend of my son's was deferred. 4.0 UW but a terrible test taker, so did not submit scores. From what I hear, the essays were just so-so (my son read one.) Extracurrics were average for UMC white male.

[Anonymous]

Wake Forest had a significant increase in ED apps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A friend of my son's was deferred. 4.0 UW but a terrible test taker, so did not submit scores. From what I hear, the essays were just so-so (my son read one.) Extracurrics were average for UMC white male.

They do not care about tests. They were one of the first schools to understand that the SAT/ACT are not fair.

[Anonymous]

I heard about a student with good qualifications who was flat out rejected from ED.

[Anonymous]

Deferrals or rejections?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of my son's was deferred. 4.0 UW but a terrible test taker, so did not submit scores. From what I hear, the essays were just so-so (my son read one.) Extracurrics were average for UMC white male.

They do not care about tests. They were one of the first schools to understand that the SAT/ACT are not fair.

I find that so interesting, because from our same school there was another similar kid (full pay white male, nothing extraordinary) with more like a 3.8 but 1550 SAT and he got in ED last year. I assumed it was thanks to the test scores. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Anonymous]

It seems like so many parents discount essays. Maybe these people getting rejected had terrible essays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest had a significant increase in ED apps.

How do you know this? Is this info publicly available?

[Anonymous]

Got rejected. DS white male 1520 SAT. 3.9 gpa. No special extracurricular.

[Anonymous]

Accepted this year ED
3.7gpa 35act

[Anonymous]

Got rejected. DS white male 1520 SAT. 3.9 gpa. No special extracurricular.

whoa really?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of my son's was deferred. 4.0 UW but a terrible test taker, so did not submit scores. From what I hear, the essays were just so-so (my son read one.) Extracurrics were average for UMC white male.

They do not care about tests. They were one of the first schools to understand that the SAT/ACT are not fair.

WF is test optional (versus test blind) and thus considers test scores. Whereas if you truly don't care about something, you then you pay it no heed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Got rejected. DS white male 1520 SAT. 3.9 gpa. No special extracurricular.

3.9 weighted or unweighted?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend of my son's was deferred. 4.0 UW but a terrible test taker, so did not submit scores. From what I hear, the essays were just so-so (my son read one.) Extracurrics were average for UMC white male.

They do not care about tests. They were one of the first schools to understand that the SAT/ACT are not fair.

They aren’t test blind, just test optional. Scores still matter if submitted.