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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are his grades like? Unweighted GPA?
No EC leadership?
Favorite subjects?
Public or private HS?

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UW 3.8, 8 IB classes
High level participation in sports with leadership experience 
Doesn’t seem to have a favorite subject, how he feels about a class seems to depend more on how well he connects to teacher and other students in the class.
Public school

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Agree with others. If you can afford full pay, pick a full pay choice. Very important.
Look at these schools and narrow down major choice.

Wake:
Major: https://sociology.wfu.edu/ (Courses: Sociology of Sports; Society, Culture & Sport; Sport, Media & Communication (COMM); 
Minor: Communication or Entrepreneurship https://admissions.wfu.edu/academics/majors-minors/communication/   https://entrepreneurship.wfu.edu/minor-in-entrepreneurship/

You can do the same as the above for any other school - does he want big, small? Greek life? Urban, suburban, rural?
What is your in-state option?
Look at WashU, Lehigh, BU, W&M, Villanova, GW. [/quote]

Saw this on Reddit and thought of this thread it was on r/wfu re choice btw UNC and WF

They’re both great schools with totally different vibes, and WFU was the perfect vibe for me so I would absolutely pick it over UNC time and again.

Here’s my why reasons in no particular order: I’m from NC, about 25 people from my graduating class went to UNC, I was the only person I knew going to wake. I loved getting to branch out and meet new people. I loved the smaller campus atmosphere. I did not have a single class taught by a TA, and only 1 or 2 classes that had enrollment higher than 25 my entire 4 years at wake. Depending on your major, that will almost certainly not be true at Carolina. I liked the small town feel of W-S better than all the traffic of the triangle area. Because wake is such a small school, the alumni experience is also unique and very tight knit, and I’m not sure I would’ve gotten that experience at UNC.

I now work/teach at a large r1 state university similar to UNC, and while I recognize the students here mostly love it and are successful, I have also noticed that a handful slip through the cracks due to the large campus and class sizes. I worry that would’ve happened to me had I attended UNC, but I also have friends from high school who absolutely loved their time there and were very successful. The choice really comes down to what learning environment works best for you and what you want out of your college experience. Think also about what you want to do after college: law school, business school, straight to industry, etc and let the reputation of each university in those fields/rate of student placement impact your choices.[/quote]

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