Anonymous wrote:A few years ago my child was selected for the scholarship weekend for their full-ride. It was a nice surprise as selection is made from initial application and not additional essays. The learned a lot about the school over the weekend and we were very impressed.

The pros, very small classes across the board, engaged professors, spirited campus, and their focus on character development. They created and are very proud of their Program for Leadership and Character. You can read up on it if anyone wishes, but it’s served as a model for other schools.

I think it’s a fantastic idea quality of life school for the right student and I have no doubt someone could be a very hands-on education with a lot of personal care more than many others that may be higher ranked.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is an attractive school for kids seeking southern weather, Greek, decent sports, midsize, work hard/play hard. Reputation is very regional.

It’s similar to Tulane and SMU Cox in many respects, including student stats. Definitely worth considering if theses schools are high on your list.

Nope. No one is mistaking Wake for Duke and it is not at the top of the core recruiting list for Wall Street. But it has a very national brand and there are plenty of people doing very well on Wall Street, Big Law, etc. who went to Wake.

That being said, there definitely is a sense of "oh gee, couldn't get into Duke" when talking to Wake alums. No shame in that - Duke is a TT school and the vast majority of schools are below that, including a number of incredible schools. But they are a bit cursed by their proximity and similarities to Duke.

Unless you are up to a couple of select schools, which excludes even Duke, the "oh you couldn't get into X" thought will probably still apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is an attractive school for kids seeking southern weather, Greek, decent sports, midsize, work hard/play hard. Reputation is very regional.

It’s similar to Tulane and SMU Cox in many respects, including student stats. Definitely worth considering if theses schools are high on your list.

Nope. No one is mistaking Wake for Duke and it is not at the top of the core recruiting list for Wall Street. But it has a very national brand and there are plenty of people doing very well on Wall Street, Big Law, etc. who went to Wake.

That being said, there definitely is a sense of "oh gee, couldn't get into Duke" when talking to Wake alums. No shame in that - Duke is a TT school and the vast majority of schools are below that, including a number of incredible schools. But they are a bit cursed by their proximity and similarities to Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is for those who want the “south,” but can’t cut it at Vandy, Emory, Duke, UNC, and UVA. It is like Lehigh. Meh.

Why would anybody pick Emory over Wake? Yuck.

Because Wake yikes while Emory is a semi top college.

If emory is a semi top college, so is CMU, Washu, Rice , ND, Gtown, Umich, UCLa and Vandy right??

Of course. But the point is Wake isn’t in this league. It’s not even T50.

Wake is just below most of those, and there is no shame in that. I'm guessing that for most of those schools, a majority would choose the other ones over Wake, but there would be a critical mass who would choose Wake for a variety of reasons. I could make a compelling argument for choosing Wake over most of them, but they are very specific to certain kids (i.e. Wake would be a happier college experience than CMU, plus CMU is pretty specialized in its areas of excellence so if that's not your think, they are actually pretty close).

Just below is subjective. If By just below you mean if im paying full price for the Emory tier schools, ill only pay 40% for Wake tier schools then yes, its just below.

Sorry you're cheap and poor.

Sorry your child wasnt smart enough to get into a better school, or win a scholarship.

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! We visited last February after seeing Duke and loved it.

Beautiful campus, rigorous academics, good school spirit, and seemingly active and happy kids (we did more research before/after our visit and talked with families we know.)

If weather is important to you, that will be a plus. Warmer and sunnier than the NE, obviously. More development happening immediately off-campus, and W-S has restaurants etc. and is a very short Uber from campus.

A friend said it reminds him of Duke in the 90s. Classic work hard / play hard environment with good balance. Economic diversity is improving but has a way to go still (tilts a bit more wealthy than peer schools.)

I think they value DI quite a bit. It's worth the effort to visit.

I know several Duke alums whose kids are there - heard the exact same thing. Part of it was honestly that the kids couldn't get into Duke. But part of it is that Duke is now much more intense than it used to be while Wake remains a happier place while still being rigorous academically. Poster above was correct that the job opportunities aren't what they are at Duke, but Wake alums are still very successful and your child will be fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is for those who want the “south,” but can’t cut it at Vandy, Emory, Duke, UNC, and UVA. It is like Lehigh. Meh.

Why would anybody pick Emory over Wake? Yuck.

Because Wake yikes while Emory is a semi top college.

If emory is a semi top college, so is CMU, Washu, Rice , ND, Gtown, Umich, UCLa and Vandy right??

Of course. But the point is Wake isn’t in this league. It’s not even T50.

Wake is just below most of those, and there is no shame in that. I'm guessing that for most of those schools, a majority would choose the other ones over Wake, but there would be a critical mass who would choose Wake for a variety of reasons. I could make a compelling argument for choosing Wake over most of them, but they are very specific to certain kids (i.e. Wake would be a happier college experience than CMU, plus CMU is pretty specialized in its areas of excellence so if that's not your think, they are actually pretty close).

Just below is subjective. If By just below you mean if im paying full price for the Emory tier schools, ill only pay 40% for Wake tier schools then yes, its just below.

Sorry you're cheap and poor.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the trend is that Wake is unquestionably in the shadow of Duke and Vandy but more at parity with Emory. Emory plays games with ED and their Oxford campus to juice the numbers a bit (but not the masterclass in number-cooking featured by Northeastern).

Wake is increasingly popular from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast which is have a self-perpetuating positive impact on popularity.

The positives are that it’s a beautiful self-contained country club-like campus. The downside is that it’s a beautiful self-contained country club-like campus. The development of the area around the arena and stadium will help with off campus life a bit which has been a knock.

Emory has been a T20/25 school for 50 years. Its disrespect is astounding but lets do a comparison.

Wakes COMBINED ED1&ED2 acceptance rate is 35%. 5% higher than Emorys ED1 acceptance rate alone. Emorys COMBINED ED1&ED2 acceptance rate is 22%.

Wakes overall acceptance rate of 22% is 2x that of Emorys.

Less than 50% of students at Wake submit test scores, vs 70% of Emory students.

Wake-
1420-1500/32-34

Emory-
1480-1540/33-35

Rankings

Usnews-
Emory- 24
Wake- 51

Times
Emory-22
Wake- 149

College Simply
Emory- 24
Wake-44

Us news global
Emory-69
Wake- 497

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Anonymous wrote:I think the trend is that Wake is unquestionably in the shadow of Duke and Vandy but more at parity with Emory. Emory plays games with ED and their Oxford campus to juice the numbers a bit (but not the masterclass in number-cooking featured by Northeastern).

Wake is increasingly popular from the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast which is have a self-perpetuating positive impact on popularity.

The positives are that it’s a beautiful self-contained country club-like campus. The downside is that it’s a beautiful self-contained country club-like campus. The development of the area around the arena and stadium will help with off campus life a bit which has been a knock.

Emory has been a T20/25 school for 50 years. Its disrespect is astounding but lets do a comparison.

Wakes COMBINED ED1&ED2 acceptance rate is 35%. 5% higher than Emorys ED1 acceptance rate alone. Emorys COMBINED ED1&ED2 acceptance rate is 22%.

Wakes overall acceptance rate of 22% is 2x that of Emorys.

Less than 50% of students at Wake submit test scores, vs 70% of Emory students.

Wake-
1420-1500/32-34

Emory-
1480-1540/33-35

Rankings

Usnews-
Emory- 24
Wake- 51

Times
Emory-22
Wake- 149

College Simply
Emory- 24
Wake-44

Us news global
Emory-69
Wake- 497

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is for those who want the “south,” but can’t cut it at Vandy, Emory, Duke, UNC, and UVA. It is like Lehigh. Meh.

Why would anybody pick Emory over Wake? Yuck.

Because Wake yikes while Emory is a semi top college.

If emory is a semi top college, so is CMU, Washu, Rice , ND, Gtown, Umich, UCLa and Vandy right??

Of course. But the point is Wake isn’t in this league. It’s not even T50.

Wake is just below most of those, and there is no shame in that. I'm guessing that for most of those schools, a majority would choose the other ones over Wake, but there would be a critical mass who would choose Wake for a variety of reasons. I could make a compelling argument for choosing Wake over most of them, but they are very specific to certain kids (i.e. Wake would be a happier college experience than CMU, plus CMU is pretty specialized in its areas of excellence so if that's not your think, they are actually pretty close).

Just below is subjective. If By just below you mean if im paying full price for the Emory tier schools, ill only pay 40% for Wake tier schools then yes, its just below.

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Anonymous wrote:A few years ago my child was selected for the scholarship weekend for their full-ride. It was a nice surprise as selection is made from initial application and not additional essays. The learned a lot about the school over the weekend and we were very impressed.

The pros, very small classes across the board, engaged professors, spirited campus, and their focus on character development. They created and are very proud of their Program for Leadership and Character. You can read up on it if anyone wishes, but it’s served as a model for other schools.

I think it’s a fantastic idea quality of life school for the right student and I have no doubt someone could be a very hands-on education with a lot of personal care more than many others that may be higher ranked.

Did your kid attend?

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Anonymous wrote:Wake is for those who want the “south,” but can’t cut it at Vandy, Emory, Duke, UNC, and UVA. It is like Lehigh. Meh.

Why would anybody pick Emory over Wake? Yuck.

Because Wake yikes while Emory is a semi top college.

If emory is a semi top college, so is CMU, Washu, Rice , ND, Gtown, Umich, UCLa and Vandy right??

Of course. But the point is Wake isn’t in this league. It’s not even T50.

Wake is just below most of those, and there is no shame in that. I'm guessing that for most of those schools, a majority would choose the other ones over Wake, but there would be a critical mass who would choose Wake for a variety of reasons. I could make a compelling argument for choosing Wake over most of them, but they are very specific to certain kids (i.e. Wake would be a happier college experience than CMU, plus CMU is pretty specialized in its areas of excellence so if that's not your think, they are actually pretty close).