Tell me about Wake Forest

[Anonymous]

What college used to be before all the woke crap became fashionable.

[Anonymous]

It's okay. A decent college for students who like the New England boarding school vibe without going to one. It feels like someone froze Bowdoin and Amherst from 1980 and then mashed the class sizes together.

[Anonymous]

Good for the right kid, would be terrible for the wrong kid. Highly Greek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good for the right kid, would be terrible for the wrong kid. Highly Greek.

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What kind of kid??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is full of very wealthy and very poor students. No merit, no middle to upper middle class. If you like those social dynamics go for it. It’s similar to Lehigh in that way. Beautiful campus, great academics, but a bubble.

They have merit: they have full coat of attendance scholarships worth $360k+. Only 20 some kids get them, but they do exist. They have some partial merit for arts and debate scholars, in addition. 75% of the ones awarded say yes. The rest go to a super elite/ivy. Wake is an excellent school. Their grads compete well and they have great grad/professional matriculation. Wake costs the same as every other private in the T30 and provides a great education. They are working on more pell grant kids: all top schools fight for these.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199847-Wake-Forest-University

Average cost $34,720
It is way more than other T30 and more than many T50 T60 privates, and it's in the middle of nowhere.
Salary outcome is also mediocre.

Hard pass unless rich White.

What about Asian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is full of very wealthy and very poor students. No merit, no middle to upper middle class. If you like those social dynamics go for it. It’s similar to Lehigh in that way. Beautiful campus, great academics, but a bubble.

They have merit: they have full coat of attendance scholarships worth $360k+. Only 20 some kids get them, but they do exist. They have some partial merit for arts and debate scholars, in addition. 75% of the ones awarded say yes. The rest go to a super elite/ivy. Wake is an excellent school. Their grads compete well and they have great grad/professional matriculation. Wake costs the same as every other private in the T30 and provides a great education. They are working on more pell grant kids: all top schools fight for these.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199847-Wake-Forest-University

Average cost $34,720
It is way more than other T30 and more than many T50 T60 privates, and it's in the middle of nowhere.
Salary outcome is also mediocre.

Hard pass unless rich White.

What about Asian?

Asian is not White.
Many better options.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s one of the more unique schools in the country. It’s basically a juiced up liberal arts college, that has an academic experience that is comparable with the top privates, with the ACC athletics of a Power 5 school. Small classes, nice facilities, and personalized attention from administration. Not many schools fit that bill. Definitely not boring.

[Anonymous]

Work Forest

[Anonymous]

How does it compare to Davidson and W&L ?

[Anonymous]

I was not crying-I was pointing out that wake was ranked consistently in the T25-30 for close to 30 years. The rubrics changed. Of course they are going to try to fix that one to get placed higher again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does it compare to Davidson and W&L ?

curious about this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s one of the more unique schools in the country. It’s basically a juiced up liberal arts college, that has an academic experience that is comparable with the top privates, with the ACC athletics of a Power 5 school. Small classes, nice facilities, and personalized attention from administration. Not many schools fit that bill. Definitely not boring.

Sounds amazing. And perfect.
Now its all about the vibe and if it matches the kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is full of very wealthy and very poor students. No merit, no middle to upper middle class. If you like those social dynamics go for it. It’s similar to Lehigh in that way. Beautiful campus, great academics, but a bubble.

They have merit: they have full coat of attendance scholarships worth $360k+. Only 20 some kids get them, but they do exist. They have some partial merit for arts and debate scholars, in addition. 75% of the ones awarded say yes. The rest go to a super elite/ivy. Wake is an excellent school. Their grads compete well and they have great grad/professional matriculation. Wake costs the same as every other private in the T30 and provides a great education. They are working on more pell grant kids: all top schools fight for these.

https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199847-Wake-Forest-University

Average cost $34,720
It is way more than other T30 and more than many T50 T60 privates, and it's in the middle of nowhere.
Salary outcome is also mediocre.

Hard pass unless rich White.

What about Asian?

I’m an alum and my daughter’s Asian best friend is transferring out of WFU after one year because she felt out of place (and she put in a ton of effort). The school has changed a lot in the last 10-15 years. Much more blonde and wealthy than when I attended.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How does it compare to Davidson and W&L ?

More than twice the overall student population yet same small class size plus power 5 sports. My Deac claims they get a fair number of transfers from Davidson from kids who found Davidson too small.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s a school for a certain type… smart, Caucasian, bro-y, fratty, country club kids. To me it’s as boring as white bread.

I live in Baltimore and about one third the kids I know from this area attending Wake are black (my child also goes to Wake).