Tell us about Wake Forest

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A school that will really struggle pist Corona. AVOID.

A+ Financial Health grade from Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2019/11/27/dawn-of-the-dead-for-hundreds-of-the-nations-private-colleges-its-merge-or-perish/#5387e9f1770d

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's a safety school for aspiring Duke and Vanderbilt students. Good school with a solid regional reputation. A step above a Davidson.

Ah, no. Davidson is harder to get into (Davidson ranges from 14% - 19% admittance and WF's best ever was Class of 2021 with a 26.9% admittance rate. Not even close.) Definitely not a step above! WF is a great school, but my DD hated everything about it on her visit. Not sure why, it was a feeling she got and she was not impressed at all.

Stats for enrolled students is a much better way of determining selectivity. (Davidson may still have an edge in that regard.) Many schools induce students who won't be accepted to apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety school for aspiring Duke and Vanderbilt students. Good school with a solid regional reputation. A step above a Davidson.

Ah, no. Davidson is harder to get into (Davidson ranges from 14% - 19% admittance and WF's best ever was Class of 2021 with a 26.9% admittance rate. Not even close.) Definitely not a step above! WF is a great school, but my DD hated everything about it on her visit. Not sure why, it was a feeling she got and she was not impressed at all.

Stats for enrolled students is a much better way of determining selectivity. (Davidson may still have an edge in that regard.) Many schools induce students who won't be accepted to apply.

I don't know ANYONE who would consider Davidson a better school than Wake Forest.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety school for aspiring Duke and Vanderbilt students. Good school with a solid regional reputation. A step above a Davidson.

Ah, no. Davidson is harder to get into (Davidson ranges from 14% - 19% admittance and WF's best ever was Class of 2021 with a 26.9% admittance rate. Not even close.) Definitely not a step above! WF is a great school, but my DD hated everything about it on her visit. Not sure why, it was a feeling she got and she was not impressed at all.

Stats for enrolled students is a much better way of determining selectivity. (Davidson may still have an edge in that regard.) Many schools induce students who won't be accepted to apply.

I don't know ANYONE who would consider Davidson a better school than Wake Forest.

I think Davidson is a bit better. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Good enough.

[Anonymous]

Wake us not a party school (to the extent that any college is not a party school). There is drinking but far fewer drugs than typical college or high school. Agree that WS is blah. Agree that Greek social scene is more dominant (which I think is negative) but there are so many positives, including the the relationships students develop with their professors. Unlike other schools. Sports are huge positive as well. Very few kids do not like or do not get good education. If you non Math/Engineering, want to go south and cannot get into Duke or Vanderbilt, it is next best choice —where money is not an issue. Better than Davidson, Emory or Tulane.

[Anonymous]

How tough to get in next year with early decision and full pay? Student 3.9 but not a lot of APs. All honors in a very rigorous private. Parent is a legacy. Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

Best small college sports programs in the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How tough to get in next year with early decision and full pay? Student 3.9 but not a lot of APs. All honors in a very rigorous private. Parent is a legacy. Thoughts?

This is what I want to know, minus your specifics. Several posters have voiced that WF is a school that will struggle post Covid. Does that help out non-4.0 students coming from rigorous DC privates who would be full pay?

[Anonymous]

Legacy a shoe in. Are you serious

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a safety school for aspiring Duke and Vanderbilt students. Good school with a solid regional reputation. A step above a Davidson.

Ah, no. Davidson is harder to get into (Davidson ranges from 14% - 19% admittance and WF's best ever was Class of 2021 with a 26.9% admittance rate. Not even close.) Definitely not a step above! WF is a great school, but my DD hated everything about it on her visit. Not sure why, it was a feeling she got and she was not impressed at all.

Stats for enrolled students is a much better way of determining selectivity. (Davidson may still have an edge in that regard.) Many schools induce students who won't be accepted to apply.

I don't know ANYONE who would consider Davidson a better school than Wake Forest.

I do. I think most people who live in North Carolina do. (The ones I've spoken to anyway).

[Anonymous]

Where did you see that Wake would struggle after the virus?

[Anonymous]

Wake has amazing sports

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake has amazing sports

I think "amazing" might be an overstatement. More like mediocre.

[Anonymous]

You can't speak Weak without Wake.