There’s a lot to know about the admissions process, and we have a lot to share with you. Our blog will help guide you the entire way.
Last summer, Wake Forest University’s Board of Trustees approved one of the most ambitious strategic plans in recent memory. Our university president, Dr. Susan Wente, has shared her perspective and some of the guiding principles for our collective path forward. As part of that […]
Categories: Financial Aid, WFU30
Our Early Decision application round is relatively unique among colleges and universities, namely because we release decisions on a rolling basis. With this application round, our goal is to share decisions at the end of each month with those students whose applications were completed the […]
Categories: Accepted Students, Application for Admission, WFU30
The arts belong to everyone! At Wake Forest, you will experience world-class arts education embedded within Wake Forest’s exceptional liberal-arts environment. Whether as an arts major, minor, or a deeply engaged participant in your given artistic field, your education will be rigorous and deeply experiential. […]
Categories: Academics, Application for Admission, Scholarships, WFU30
This is a message that will only be pertinent to a relatively small group of you. If you have chosen to apply to Wake Forest using the Common Application between the dates of August 1 and August 21, 2025, you will not receive a confirmation […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU30
August 1 is an important day in our applicant cycle: it’s the day that our application opens! Along with the questions about studying abroad or completing research, my colleagues and I respond to a number of questions about Early Decision. A single blog post that […]
Categories: Application for Admission, Financial Aid, High School Counselors, Interviews, WFU30
We write today with a final update regarding our waitlist. We have spent the last few months speaking with interested students and receiving their updated grades and application materials, while simultaneously monitoring opportunities for enrollment in our first-year class. This has been a busy year […]
We are only a few days away from the start of the 2025-2026 application cycle! We look forward to learning more about our applicants and discovering the many ways that they will add to the Wake Forest community. Today’s post offers a few notes and […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU30
With the summer now underway, we wanted to share a few notes to rising high school seniors. We know that many are eager to begin their college admissions process, and we hope that what follows is helpful as you plan and prepare to submit an […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU30
June 1 is the first of our reply dates, and it exists as the initial “threshold” in our waitlist process. Applicants who indicated June 1 as their response day – the last date they wanted to be considered for admission – should have received an […]
The May 1 deadline for admitted students to enroll has now passed, and, while we celebrate those who have accepted our offers of admission, we also have some open seats that we would like to fill via our waitlist. We have contacted a select number […]