Wake Forest

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Anonymous wrote:Wealthy, white, high achieving, social kids.

VERY wealthy, preppy population, still fairly Southern. There’s not much to do off-campus, and they cracked down on alcohol on campus so now all the kids drive off campus to get wasted. Not good. Even the fraternities are off-campus.

No not preppy Southern anymore, lots of kids from NY, DC and California. But super wealthy. Movie star kids, Investment banking CEO’s kids, professional coaches kids. Very wealthy…

Again, this is every T50 private school.

This description could be Wake, UMiami, Tulane, Vanderbilt. It attracts the same kids.

Or any Ivy, NYU, Georgetown, Tufts, Duke,Stanford, need I continue?

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Anonymous wrote:It's my son's first choice. He's preppy, sporty, mainstream, guy's guy. popular crowd-goes to all the parties. Smart with top grades and scores but not an academic--does what is required and nothing more. He's very much the Pre-professional type.

He has a twin sister who is nothing like this and has no interest in Wake.

this is a troll.

Huh? I can assure you that I'm not.

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Anonymous wrote:We toured Wake earlier this week and I can’t figure out why it has become so competitive. Campus was built in the 50s and it has this fake old south feel to it. The new expansion part is a shuttle bus ride from campus so anyone interest in Stem will be forced to commute to some classes. Sports facilities are also a bus ride away. What is the point of being in an isolated campus but still having to take a bus to parts of campus?

Everything seemed pretty generic and not all that unique. Our tour guide kept mentioning this danceathon fundraiser as a really unique Wake thing, completely oblivious to the the fact that it’s a pretty common fundraiser event.

It was solidly a regional school back in the 90s and I would put it back in that category.

How are sports facilities a bus ride away? Literally across the street for football and bball. (Just like UVA, Michigan, etc etc etc)
It's terribly difficult to get into, has top ACC sports teams and excellent school spirit. Far cry from a regional school. I would bet money you never toured Wake.

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Anonymous wrote:It has far and away the wealthiest student body in the ACC according to the New York Times. Lots and lots of rich kids.

PROFOUNDLY wealthy kids go there.

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Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

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Anonymous wrote:WF is dreaming by comparing itself to Duke. And it is in Winston Salem, an armpit area compared to Durham/Raleigh area.

You're a troll

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Anonymous wrote:It has far and away the wealthiest student body in the ACC according to the New York Times. Lots and lots of rich kids.

PROFOUNDLY wealthy kids go there.

The tuition there was 1/4 what it is now when I attended. There was already a rich kid feel (although I wasn’t one of them and had many other friends who were not), so I can imagine it is even worse now that costs have skyrocketed

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

My half Jewish kid felt weird. Loved everything else about it but think we had a really bad tour guide.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It’s a nondenominational building, basicallly an auditorium inside.

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Wake Forest has a Divinity school so I would not call it not religious.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest has a Divinity school so I would not call it not religious.

So does Yale.

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Your point?

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

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Anonymous wrote:Wake has had a heavy NJ/NY contingent for a long time, not just recently.

My friends there were from many places, not just the south.

Why did our tour guide talk so much about the chapel as the center of school? He kept making it seem like a religious school or something…

It is the most prominent and recognizable building on campus.

Wake cut ties with the Baptist Church years ago, but it did start that way-where do you think Deacons comes from?

That said, the Chapel is mostly used for large school gatherings. I saw Maya Angelou speak there. I saw a night line episode shot there. They have used it as the site of presidential debates. Shoot, Dave Matthews Band played in there while I was a student!

Fwiw, I did find the student body a little more churchy than I expected in the 90s. That said, other than the one required religion class, that was the only thing that was unavoidable.

They did still use the chapel for a Sunday service back then, but I assure you that there isn’t pressure to participate. Most kids are sleeping off their hangover on Sunday morning

I was at that same Dave Matthews concert in the chapel!! So fun and i think there was a "big" concert in the chapel every year, Toad the Wet Sprocket come to mind.
It has now become a school of the "haves" and "have nots". Rich kids who can afford it and poor kids who qualify for financial aid. The kids in the middle have been left out and the school isn't really doing anything to combat that, sadly. Also LOTS Of emphasis on trying to attract diversity and attracting kids from overseas who are full pay.