Wake Forest University Top Questions

Its a relatively small school with a rather close-knit community with high academic standing. In addition, it is probably one of the most expensive schools in the nation.

The amount of attention that is given to individual students when they have questions or concerns especially from the financial aid department.

The culture is unlike any school I've ever visited. It just has a feeling when you walk on campus.

My school has a very small homey campus. Everyone is very nice and willing to help out. This is something that I didn't find at larger schools.

Wake Forest University, in my opinion, was the only school on my list that had the stereotype of the student population being rich, Southern, and conservative. However, it turned out to that the student body was much more diverse and accepting than I had originally believed. What makes Wake Forest unique is the fact my strong, pre-conceived opinion of the school changed so drastically over the course of the year, and I believe this is the only school where my opinion would have changed that much.

Small class sizes, but large resources.

It was small in size and academically prestigious but also had many features of a large state school, such as dynamic Division I athletics and research facitlites.

It has great academic resources for being so small. It also has the advantage of having ACC athletics but making sure almost all students can attend, unlike a lot of the other ACC schools.

The success in Division I sports in relation to our size. Wake is one of the smallest division I schools in the nation (behind Rice and 1 or 2 others) but we still compete in the ACC and do exceptionally well in many sports. The small size makes season tickets available to all students and the athletes blend in more with the rest of the student body, both things that do not happen at large state schools.

Wake Forest was considerably smaller than other schools I considered. Looking back, I believe it was the ideal size. It was small enough to allow for small class sizes, but large enough to meet new people every semester.