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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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…[/quote]

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 [/quote]

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. [/quote]

Is the campus very socially segregated racially? Seems like a sizable low income Afam population/financial aid recipients and a sizable wealthy white pop and the 2 do not mix? [/quote]

Why would you say there “seems like a sizable, low income, African-American population, financial aid recipients”? How could you even tell – unless you ask them how much money they made, or whether they were all financial aid? Do they look a certain way, do they dress a certain way,?

Maybe you have more info than me, but  all 3  of the black students I know there are from wealthy private school families. And at least one is dating someone from a similar Socio economic background.

[b]I do know they offered great merit aid,[/b] which is why my full-pay AA relative chose it over Brown. also they said their kid loved the weather and the sports aspect there  as well.

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That's interesting because that is the thing people get most frustrated about at wake - lack of merit aid. I only knew a couple kids there on academic scholarships in my time, and I heard they have gotten even stingier over time[/quote]

Wake has the Signature scholarships, which are full ride merit aid.  There is also a limited amount of  additional merit aid.  Of course, Brown, as an Ivy, offers no merit aid.[/quote]

I was just at Wake. They only give merit to the top 3% of applicants, and you must apply ED to be considered, unless you are first gen, in which case you can EA. Wake Forest should open up EA - it would increase the number of middle class kids.[/quote]

You do realize that most schools in the T30 give zero or very little merit aid.  Vandy and USC are the exceptions.  [/quote]

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