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.
This year, we reviewed nearly 20,000 applications for admission to the Wake Forest Class of 2029. This represents both an increase in our application volume over last year and a new record. A significant portion of our admitted cohort is near the top of their […]
Categories: Accepted Students, Application for Admission, WFU29
Late last week, we released admissions decisions to those students with complete Early Decision II applications. (If you have not yet checked your admissions status portal, please be sure to do so!) For those admitted to the Wake Forest Class of 2029, congratulations! We […]
Categories: Accepted Students, Application for Admission, Waitlist, WFU29
Wake Forest is intentional about making “the opportunity” – of its education, its community, its purpose – accessible. In recent years, that intentionality has shown up in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions’ implementation of a unique application round for first-generation college students and by reorienting […]
Categories: Financial Aid, WFU29
At Wake Forest, the Early Action application round is intended for first-generation college students. This is only our second year of offering this new application round, and we are proud of the opportunity this “better front door” provides. We released admissions decisions to Early Action […]
Categories: Accepted Students, Application for Admission, WFU29
With only a few days remaining in this calendar year, we write with some important information: In the spirit of the holiday season, we would like to offer our gratitude to you: as an applicant, a college counselor or advisor, a teacher, a parent – […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU29
By now, all students who applied Early Decision – with a completed application on or by December 12 – should have received their admissions decision. (If you have not received a decision, please be sure to check your status portal!) This marks the final […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU29
Here’s an application that sometimes gets overlooked in all the hoopla surrounding the “big name” applications of Early Decision and Regular Decision: Early Decision II! The binding Early Decision II application (deadline: January 1) has so much to recommend it: It may not get […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU29
To those affected by this September’s and October’s hurricanes, Please know that we are hoping for the safety and wellbeing of you, your family, and your community. We understand that, right now, you are thinking primarily about life’s essentials, but we also want to recognize how […]
Categories: Application for Admission, General, WFU29
As shared in a previous post, our goal is to release admissions decisions to Early Decision I applicants in the month after their application is considered complete. We are pleased to share that we recently released admissions decisions to the very first group of […]
Categories: Accepted Students, Application for Admission, WFU29
This is a message that will only be pertinent to a relatively small group of you. If you have chosen to submit your Common Application between the dates of August 1 and August 21: If you are using the Common Application to apply to Wake […]
Categories: Application for Admission, WFU29