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Wake Forest University School of Law admissions and applications


Get the inside scoop on Wake Forest University School of Law 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
Alumni
Wake Forest is very selective, and was recently named the Best Private School for your Money by the National Jurist. Melanie Nutt is the long- tim...   READ MORE
Alumni
Wake Forest has a knack for looking beyond the numbers when it believes that a student might make an impact at the school. I think Wake is willin...   READ MORE
Alumni
I am a very obsessive-compulsive person, so before applying to law school, I read 101 books about law school including Scott Turow's 1L, Law Schoo...   READ MORE
Current Student
The admissions process is fairly typical, and quite straightforward. With very few exceptions, everyone receives an on-campus interview. (They wil...   READ MORE
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Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Small class size, high level of interaction between students and professors. Quality of classes is mostly high. Workload is very high compared t...   READ MORE
Alumni
Wake is great because the school has remained small, even when the number of students applying to law school has risen. It is great that the firs...   READ MORE
Alumni
The classes at Wake are standard. If you want environmental go to Tulane or Pace. If you want IP, go to Franklin Pierce. If you want whitebread so...   READ MORE
Current Student
To a great extent, the BASIC material you learn will be the same whether you attend Harvard, Stanford, Wake, or the University of Phoenix; such ...   READ MORE
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Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Wake has a fantastic record when it comes to the percentage of graduates with jobs shortly after graduation. Prestige with employers, however, tends ...   READ MORE
Alumni
Getting a job out of Wake Law is particularly promising if you plan to remain in North Carolina or within the general region because the school has an...   READ MORE
Alumni
Wake Forest Law is attempting to spread their wings from a Southern school to an east coast school. Gradually more graduates have ended up in DC and N...   READ MORE
Current Student
It is mid-March, and I have already secured my summer internship, which is very relevant to my post-graduation plans. It is typical for joint degree c...   READ MORE
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Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Safety is generally very good, and is associated with the fact that the portion of the university campus that includes the undergraduate, law, and...   READ MORE
Alumni
The area around Wake is nice because there are many good apartment complexes for graduate students like myself to live. I lived less than 5 minut...   READ MORE
Alumni
This is a great school if you want a campus, and want to be removed from distractions for 3 years. While you may be giving up internship or networ...   READ MORE
Current Student
I'll say right up front, the program is challenging. This is not the program for you if you want to coast through. With small classes, and the sam...   READ MORE
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Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Winston-Salem has been steadily improving its social opportunities for twenty-somethings, but you still have to work harder to seek them out than ...   READ MORE
Alumni
The law school was good about providing various events for the students. There were parties for Halloween, for example. Also, the law school has...   READ MORE
Alumni
Restaraunts in Winston-Salem are surprisingly good. However, there isn't trendy fare like sushi or tapas, but, for the standard steakhouses or caf...   READ MORE
Current Student
Social activity among students is abundant and frequent. With social gatherings nearly every week, casual parties and meetings, fundraising events...   READ MORE

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