Thought on Wake Forest?

[Anonymous]

it's been in that 25-30 spot for a LONG time. Ever since it switched from a "regional university" (I believe it held the top spot in the south for many years) to a "national university." That switch came while I was there and it was a big effing deal.

It actually was cheaper than most of the other schools I applied to in the early 90s (I applied to several Northeastern liberal arts schools). That all changed when the class of 2000 came in. Since I started 2 years earlier, my family was spared the tuition increase.

[Anonymous]

Not well known around the US. Much better known in this area. Sadly reputation is important and I would encourage my kid to go somewhere that was well recognized. I know a lot of about schools but when I lived in New York, many people weren't familiar with Wake Forest.

[Anonymous]

Too Greek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will be interested to read responses to the post. I went to Wake in the 90s. Academically it was excellent, with small classes, thoughtful class discussions, and very rigorous grading standards -- they don't call it "Work Forest" for nothing. Socially, however, it was a terrible choice for me. It was very, very Greek dominated: fraternities and sororities formed the bulk of the social scene and, while it was possible to exist outside the Greek system, you definitely felt like an outsider. It was not the most progressive environment. Without elaborating more, I will say that the KA fraternity had an "Old South" formal. Lots of money, lots of girls who made their debut after freshman year. This was admittedly a while ago, and I am sure some things have changed -- I will be interested to hear how much.

Please. ALL KA chapters have an Old South formal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will be interested to read responses to the post. I went to Wake in the 90s. Academically it was excellent, with small classes, thoughtful class discussions, and very rigorous grading standards -- they don't call it "Work Forest" for nothing. Socially, however, it was a terrible choice for me. It was very, very Greek dominated: fraternities and sororities formed the bulk of the social scene and, while it was possible to exist outside the Greek system, you definitely felt like an outsider. It was not the most progressive environment. Without elaborating more, I will say that the KA fraternity had an "Old South" formal. Lots of money, lots of girls who made their debut after freshman year. This was admittedly a while ago, and I am sure some things have changed -- I will be interested to hear how much.

Please. ALL KA chapters have an Old South formal.

Well, OK then. I mean -- they didn't actually have slaves, right?

[Anonymous]

It is very quiet, low key school. The medical school has a very high ranking for such a low key school.

[Anonymous]

I'm kind of pleased that it's not that popular with the DCUM crowd. Places like Davidson and Wake Forest wouldn't be special if every liberal in NW and Maryland was pushing the place on their Maret and Wootton kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of pleased that it's not that popular with the DCUM crowd. Places like Davidson and Wake Forest wouldn't be special if every liberal in NW and Maryland was pushing the place on their Maret and Wootton kids.

Davidson is making a big recruiting push in this area, so you better run for the hills before the Yankees get there, Miss Scarlett.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in NJ and really wanted to go there. My mom and I drove down and I didn't even end up going to the orientation while we were there. I could feel the weird South vibe and just felt really uncomfortable. It was just SO different from what I was used to in NJ.PA.NY. That was 10 years ago, but I imagine the cultural differences are still similar. It still sounds like a good school, but I would have felt like a total fish out of water there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in NJ and really wanted to go there. My mom and I drove down and I didn't even end up going to the orientation while we were there. I could feel the weird South vibe and just felt really uncomfortable. It was just SO different from what I was used to in NJ.PA.NY. That was 10 years ago, but I imagine the cultural differences are still similar. It still sounds like a good school, but I would have felt like a total fish out of water there.

I agree with this. I grew up in NJ and moved there. Very different culture. But Wake is very low key and old money -- not something you will see at first glance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of pleased that it's not that popular with the DCUM crowd. Places like Davidson and Wake Forest wouldn't be special if every liberal in NW and Maryland was pushing the place on their Maret and Wootton kids.

Davidson is making a big recruiting push in this area, so you better run for the hills before the Yankees get there, Miss Scarlett.

Davidson reviews... http://www.studentsreview.com/NC/DC_comments.html?page=1&type=&d_school=Davidson College

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm kind of pleased that it's not that popular with the DCUM crowd. Places like Davidson and Wake Forest wouldn't be special if every liberal in NW and Maryland was pushing the place on their Maret and Wootton kids.

Davidson is making a big recruiting push in this area, so you better run for the hills before the Yankees get there, Miss Scarlett.

Davidson reviews... http://www.studentsreview.com/NC/DC_comments.html?page=1&type=&d_school=Davidson College

Are you trying to make a point here about Davidson? If so, what is it. I read the reviews. Typical stuff on that website. The only thing that gave me pause is that they grade very hard so your GPA out of Davidson is going to be lower that most other colleges and universities of comparable quality.

[Anonymous]

It's fine if you want to live in the south. But outside of the south, it's not well-known.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in NJ and really wanted to go there. My mom and I drove down and I didn't even end up going to the orientation while we were there. I could feel the weird South vibe and just felt really uncomfortable. It was just SO different from what I was used to in NJ.PA.NY. That was 10 years ago, but I imagine the cultural differences are still similar. It still sounds like a good school, but I would have felt like a total fish out of water there.

Yeah, I could imagine not being surrounded by pollution, corruption and illegals would leave you totally on edge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's fine if you want to live in the south. But outside of the south, it's not well-known.

So what? Most people don't know about small New England LACs outside of the Boston-DC corredor.