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Get the inside scoop on Wake Forest admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


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Admissions Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The admissions staff couldn't be more helpful--it pays to talk to them and tell them why you are seriously interested in getting in. go and visit...   READ MORE
Current Student
To get in, one should have good grades, extracurriculars, as well as leadership qualities. The essays should reflect a persons personality and expre...   READ MORE
Current Student
I will be attending Wake Forest University this coming fall as a freshman and this is my take on the admissions process there. Firstly, I attended...   READ MORE
Current Student
I think it is pretty much your basic admissions process. SAT scores, GPA, high school transcript, list of extra curriculars. It's been a while but...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The classes here are extremely difficult and there really are no easy classes. There are a lot of basic requirements and there is a lot of work e...   READ MORE
Current Student
The workload here is very difficult and grading is tough. Both are counteracted by the quality of professors and their classes, as well as an underc...   READ MORE
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Current Student
I think Wake's strongest assest is it's professors. My professors have all been passionate about their subjects and with few exceptions seem to enj...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Career services is very helpful in helping to place you. There are several on campus recruiters and there is an online database with career postings....   READ MORE
Current Student
Wake Forest has high presitige with employers. I have yet to encounter the career services department seeing as I'm only a freshman. Every week many u...   READ MORE
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Current Student
The schools 5 year undergrad and masters of accounting program has a 100% job placement rate including a internship spring of 4th year. We seem to ge...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
Housing is nice, but rooms are small--all air conditioned though. The campus is beautiful and the food is decent...a large amount of choices cons...   READ MORE
Current Student
Dorms rooms are relatively small, but there are sinks in each room. The campus is beautiful and everything is close together. I always feel safe whe...   READ MORE
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Current Student
Freshmen and Sophmores are required to live on campus. The dorms are pretty typical though nicer than a lot I've visited. Food on campus is improv...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Current Student
The town is terrible for night life and the social scene revolves around greek life. There are a lot of restaurants though--any chain you can ima...   READ MORE
Current Student
A lot of people date here, but the public social life is pretty active. Burke street downtown and outlying bars provide the main off-campus scene, w...   READ MORE
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Current Student
There aren't a lot of nightclubs and bars in Winston-Salem. The mountains are close. Winston has great restaurants and they are making improvement...   READ MORE

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