Undergraduate Admissions

At Wake Forest University – a liberal-arts school with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio, 45 majors and 60 minors, and a 98% job and graduate-school placement rate – our mission is to provide you with an unparalleled undergraduate liberal-arts education that will carry you forward into your career.

From your first-year seminar to your final project, you will connect learning across the social sciences, sciences, languages, literature, arts, mathematics, and humanities. Our interdisciplinary approach will enable you to think critically, challenge concepts, balance ethics with desired outcomes, and so much more.

To learn more about this remarkable place, filled with incredibly talented people who want to engage with the world in impactful ways, we hope you will visit our campus community.

**We have new opportunities for campus-visit experiences that begin on August 31! Please visit the link in profile.**

**And all applications to Wake Forest are now available. We hope you will apply!** #WFU27 …

At Wake Forest University, you will find a community committed to creating opportunities for you to grow and thrive, both academically and personally.

And, through this all, you will form friendships with fellow students, faculty, and staff mentors that will last a lifetime.

To learn more about this remarkable place, filled with incredibly talented people who want to engage with the world in impactful ways, we hope you will visit our campus community.

***We have new opportunities for campus-visit experiences that begin on August 31! Please see our link in profile!***

***Finally, all applications to Wake Forest are now available. We hope you will apply!***

Go Deacs! #WFU27 …

Wake Forest University invites you to pursue the life of the mind with enthusiasm; put our cherished motto of Pro Humanitate into action; build lifelong friendships; and connect your academic learning to the world through service, clubs, student government, athletics, civic engagement, field trips, study away, internships, and so much more. A liberal-arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio, 45 majors, and 60 minors, Wake Forest prepares you to live a life of meaning and purpose.
Our students take core courses that connect their learning across the social sciences, sciences, languages, literature, arts, mathematics, and humanities – and that breadth of exposure helps them think better, analyze harder, and communicate more effectively. Students leave Wake Forest knowing what it means to be a citizen in a democratic society, making educated, thoughtful decisions, and leading ethical change.
To learn more about Wake Forest, we hope that you will visit our newly revamped Admissions website at admissions.wfu.edu.
This is a remarkable place. We hope you’ll join us.
All applications for the Class of 2027 become available the week of August 1! …

So we rebuilt our old gym and added space to it. Wake Forest is not the first major university to do this in the past decade. But while we joined the club, we did not build a country club. And while the new place is impressive, the total transformation of campus recreation facilities was about betterment and wellbeing more than bells and whistles.

Research consistently indicates that new facilities lead to healthier college campus communities. Moreover, students who exercise regularly tend to do better academically.

For the record, the Sutton Center and Reynolds Gym offer nearly 30,000 square feet of group fitness space, a new student health center that’s twice the size of the old one, a pool, cardio equipment with a screen on every machine, basketball courts, a new home for the intercollegiate volleyball team, and classroom space.

The facility is the location where Wake Foresters put into action the eight principles of the University’s commitment to general wellbeing.

To learn more about Wake Forest, please register for one of our live virtual information sessions at admissions.wfu.edu/info-sessions.

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Our Z. Smith Reynolds (ZSR) Library has nearly two million volumes and newly upgraded technology. If it must be known as a structure, it is an edifice of edification.

ZSR was named the nation’s top university academic library, an honor likened to an NCAA championship in athletics. But it isn’t content to rest on its laurels.

One of its large-scale missions is to serve as an academic community hub. As exams draw near, for example, staffers provide late-night meals for students in an exam-preparation ritual known as Wake the Library.

When not directly building community, ZSR is determined to advance knowledge.

ZSR is home to the Writing Center, which 60% or more of first-year students use. The center’s professionals and interns make students confident, critical readers of their own writing.

And the library is home to theatrical performances, book clubs, and many a guest author.

So, as you can tell, ZSR is not merely a facility – it is a facilitator.

To learn more about Wake Forest, please register for one of our live virtual information sessions at admissions.wfu.edu/info-sessions. Go Deacs! …

· List five books you’ve read that have intrigued you.

· Explain how a text you’ve read – fiction, nonfiction, poetry, or literature of any kind – has helped you to understand the world’s complexity (limit: 150 words).

· What piques your intellectual curiosity, and why (limit: 150 words)?

· Give us your Top Ten list. (The choice of theme is yours.) (limit: 100 characters per line)

These are the optional supplemental questions we’ll be offering in our application (available early August, so you may start drafting your responses right now, if you wish!) –

because we want to know as much about you as possible in the admissions process.

And not just what’s on your transcript.

Wake Forest is a relational place; we want to hear from students who can tell us about their education but also their self-education.

So as you start writing, think of things you want to make sure we know about you. This is your chance!

And for more insights and advice, check out our Class of 2027 page available in late July and updated throughout the year.

Finally, sign up for our student-led tours at the link in profile. Go Deacs! …

Our Forest is populated by more than 100 species of trees and more than 100 species of birds. More importantly, it is infused, invigorated, and enhanced by the experiences, scholarship, and cultural traditions of an entire planet.

One of every 10 Wake Forest undergraduates in 2021-22 came to the University from another country, but that’s only part of this global story.

The other is in the students — regardless of their points of origin — who take the leap to learn abroad and bring their knowledge back to their main academic home. In all, 66% of the Class of 2020 received academic credit for study abroad. That’s the third-highest figure among national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s September 2021 rankings.

Ours is the only Top 30 national university to own three academic-residential houses in other countries. Between them, Worrell House in London, Flow House in Vienna, and Casa Artom in Venice have been home to more than 3,000 Wake Foresters over the years.

It’s also important to note that our commitment to international education flows both ways. Wake Forest provides international students with a yearlong transitional experience rooted in written and spoken communication.

To learn more about all of these global experiences, please visit our campus community.

July and August Visits

From July 6-August 10, we will offer in-person information sessions paired with student-led campus tours. This two-hour visit experience will be offered Monday-Friday from 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.

Register for your campus-visit experience at the link in profile. Go Deacs! …