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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It wasn’t all that long ago that US News categorized WF as a regional school, and when it first was recategorized as national it was nowhere near the top 30.  What goes around comes around.

Honestly, let’s get serious:  does anyone really think WF is anywhere near as strong as UVA or UNC?  Nope. [/quote]

Sorry to break it to you but UVA is nowhere near UNC. And yes I would consider WF similar to UVA - they’re both solid in academics but not amazing.[/quote]
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Wake, BC, UVA, Tufts, all peers schools, maybe throw in USC as well.  I don’t think the so-called Wake boosters are arguing differently.  Not sure why UNC is seen as a tier above.  It’s harder than UVA for oos admittance by a good measure, but far easier for in state admission.[/quote]

Wake has double the admission rate of the other schools you listed. [/quote]

Wake’s admit rate is 21 percent.  BC and UVA are a few points lower.  USC doesn’t count spring admits and guaranteed transfers in its rate, neither of which Wake has. [/quote]
BC’s admission rate is 14%
UVA’s admission rate is 18%[/quote]

I don’t think you can directly compare admit rates. You need to compare things that are the same prices. For example, if the OOS tuition for UVA is the same as WF tuition then you could compare. But if kids are picking UVA in state because it’s a half or a quarter of the price then that’s not a reflection on perceived quality of the college. The question is where do families choose to go when they are spending a certain amount of money. All things being equal[b], I’d send my kids to WF any day rather than UVA and I’m sure that the vast majority of the country would do the same.[/b][/quote]

I hate to break it to you, but a majority of the country has never even heard of Wake Forest. [/quote]

Because they can’t afford the private tuition and/or don’t think they’d fit in so why bother looking into it. I don’t actually have a dog in this fight. I’m in a different part of the country and frankly hadn’t heard of either WF or UVA before I started reading DCUM (beyond the obvious of working out that UVA is the state flagship). All I can say is that if I had to pay 30k or 90k for either one then I’d never consider UVA. I do agree that the other NC colleges are more highly regarded than WF (and certainly far more than UVA). [/quote]

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