Tell me about Wake Forest
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Anonymous
Tufts is different in quality or different in type of kid who appies? Admissions from our school (to Tufts and Emory) are about the same stats. |
Anonymous
Lots of people, particularly students, choose Wake over Emory. Much more pleasant college experience and amazing alumni network in NYC, not just Atlanta. |
Anonymous
They literally haunt every board and drop Emory into every discussion. Hope they are at least getting paid and not just an insecure parent... |
Anonymous
You’re just crazy and ill informed. |
Anonymous
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If you look at earnings ten years after graduation for economics majors,
Washington & Lee > Richmond > Wake Forest (But Wake Forest finance majors do much better than W&L and Richmond econ majors... no finance at W&L or Richmond) For computer science, W&L > Wake Forest > Richmond For business / business administration W&L > Wake Forest > Richmond Very recently YCBK podcast talked about Wake Forest having "rolling early decision" so that you can get a decision from them as early as August and thus have time to apply ED1 elsewhere if they deny you. That would be very interesting if Wake was one of your top choices. |
Anonymous
Economics is an arts and science major at Wake for kids interested in business who aren’t admitted to the undergrad business school. Finance is an undergrad business major. Finance is the major the strongest kids are going into. |
Anonymous
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There's plenty of fun at Emory, it's Atlanta. If you cant find dun there, then youre dead. I don't see Wake on any Happiest Students list from Princeton review, but fit is important.
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Anonymous
Huh? I think you're insecure. I would be too about Wake. I don't know what you're talking about but I was responding to the parent that said Duke, Vandy, and Emory are still T25, but Wake isn't. Get a grip. |
Anonymous
Wake has a VERY strong country-club vibe (very white, literally walled off). That obviously appeals to some kids but my DD was super turned off from the second we pulled in to the campus...wanted to leave after the info session but we stayed for the tour. Hated it even more after that. Liked both Emory and Tufts much more--more urban (or urban-accessible) and diverse. |
Anonymous
That's what I meant by conservative, I was just being polite. For an ultra liberal like pp said to like no diversity Wake is suspicious. |
Anonymous
I live in Baltimore city limits, I am quite sure that my circle is significantly more diverse and liberal than yours. Also Wake is not “walled off,” and both Tufts and Emory are more suburban than urban. Aside from those corrections, fit is important and people obviously should not apply to Wake or any other school if it’s not the right environment for them. Wake is a unique combination of lots of socially extroverted kids, Power 5 sports and the academic benefits of a slac with a larger student body. For some kids, that is a very appealing mix. |
Anonymous
Different in outcomes, The students who go there are similar quality, maybe Emory is a smidgen better, but Emory has better outcomes by far. |
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If you’re talking about the gates, they were installed in the 90s after a female student was held hostage and raped by a drug dealer who was there for a different student.
That on campus crime shook the school. It was awful. It shattered our feeling of safety and security. Now, the gates weren’t up all the time after they were installed, just certain hours. I never felt unsafe walking the main parts of campus (library and the quad/main dorm areas), however I did occasionally call campus rides to come get me if I worked the late shift at the law library, which was close to the highway. I liked being on a campus that felt like a cocoon (previous crime excluded). It was a smaller school in the 90s (3600 students), and I loved that size. I drove onto campus when we visited and fell in love. Granted, the wealthy country club vibe was there, but probably not quite as strong. It was actually reasonably priced as private schools went at the time. I was NOT wealthy, but had gone to a parochial HS so it wasn’t as off putting to me. Anyway, I had a great 4 years and have kept in touch with a lot of my friends. Not a ton right here in this area, but a few. |
Anonymous
You think Wake has a better alumni network? Yall are nuts. |
Anonymous
Maybe we can keep the endless boosterism to threads about Emory. |