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.
February 23, 1960: eleven Black students from Winston-Salem State Teachers College are joined by ten white students from Wake Forest University to protest segregation at lunch counters in North Carolina. Police arrest them that day and take them to jail. This is part of the beginning of […]
Categories: General
We invite you to experience Wake Forest University – a 5,400-undergraduate, test-optional, liberal-arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio, 45 majors, and 60 minors – through an in-person tour. You will learn more about all that our university offers, through […]
Categories: Campus Tours, Information Sessions
Given the time of year, it’s hard to go into any store and not hear Christmas music. Recently, I heard Andy Williams’ “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” and, while it’s particularly focused on the festive nature of the current holiday season, I […]
Categories: Application for Admission
December 17 is the final day the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will be open in 2021. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. Collectively, we are all looking forward to spending extended time with our families before the application review season begins. While applying […]
Categories: Application for Admission
A fundamental truth that we look to pass on here at Wake Forest University, a 5,200-undergraduate, test-optional, liberal-arts school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with an 11:1 student-faculty ratio, 45 majors, and 60 minors: We need a diversity of perspectives and experiences to be a […]
Categories: Academics, Application for Admission, General
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: a firm date on […]
Categories: Application for Admission
Now that November 17 has come and gone, we have officially closed out requests for interviews, but please don’t worry! If you are a high-school senior who has applied to Wake Forest, you may record a two-to-three-minute video responding to our prompt about current events. For […]
Categories: Interviews
Monday’s the deadline (11/15 by 11:59 p.m.!) for Wake Forest University’s Early Decision application – and the deadline for applications to be considered for merit-based scholarships, no matter the application type! And so, if you are a high-school senior, here you are, on the […]
Categories: Application for Admission, Scholarships
At Wake Forest University, the arts belong to everyone! In fact, more than 90% of the students who participate in performing arts organizations choose to major in something other than the arts. We seek out creative students to enrich our campus community by offering Presidential Scholarships for those […]
Categories: Academics, Scholarships
Dance overheard Math’s ideas from across a crowded curriculum. They came from two different worlds, yet in that moment a collaboration previously deemed impossible suddenly felt like the only way to change the status quo. Wake Forest University – a 5,200-undergraduate, test-optional, liberal-arts school in […]
Categories: Application for Admission, Campus Tours, Information Sessions