Wake Forest University Top Questions

I wish I had known that the campus was not as diverse as it could be. The diversity is getting better, but it's still very low. Also, I wish I would have known that some upperclassmen housing was not as good as the freshmen housing. Also, I wish I would have known that the food here was not as good as the school made it seem.

The grad deflation makes it that much more stressful to earn a 3.2 while my highschool friends at public universities make 4.0's without working half as hard as I do. It is definitely something to think about--a 4.0 at a big state school usually looks better than a 3.0, even at a top school like Wake. And more free time to actually enjoy college would be an added bonus. Not to say that I don't enjoy Wake, I am, but not as much as I would like.

I wish I had known that the greek life was as omnipresent as it is.

Although there are a great number of scholarships available to graduating high school seniors, there are also scholarships or other types of easily accesible funding that can be applied for depending on your chosen major(s). Some of these scholarships may even be applied to study abroad which does not necessarily have to be under the direct administration of the university to be eligible for course credits.

That there is nothing to do on campus besides Greek life, it's a very "southern" atmosphere, the gym is very small, the dining situation changed from a-la-carte (cheaper!) to a meal plan (worse food).

I wish I had known the extent to which Greek life controls social life . I also wish that i had known how difficult classes were going to be and that I would not be as successful ias i had been in highschool

I wish I had known more about the social population. Wake was a perfect fit for me academically, but socially, I may have chosen a different school.

The significance of sororities and fraternities. As a northerner, sororities and fraternities are not exactly prevalent in the universities surrounding my home. It worked out, but I would have liked to have had more of a warning prior to my first semester.