<p>Does anyone know when Wake starts sending out their "mass" admissions?</p>
<p>Wake's site says "late March, but no later than April 1."</p>
<p>Looking back in last year's archives, I got mine on March 29. I'm instate, so I was probably one of the first to get it. So around the last week in March, start camping out by the mailbox.</p>
<p>I think I've said this before, but just to reiterate - it's not automatically bad news if you see a business-sized envelope, because that's what my acceptance came in.</p>
<p>juba2jive--Do you remember getting any kind of confirmation from Wake after you completed and sent in all your information?</p>
<p>As I recall, I got my official acceptance letter on the Saturday before April 1st (whatever date that was in 2004). I'm also an in-state student, and so I would've been one of the first to recieve my letter. And I don't think that I ever got any sort of confirmation that my application was complete.</p>
<p>I got confirmation that my application was complete.</p>
<p>D from MD received hers on March 29th - hers was also in a very normal business sized envelope and it was thin. Dead giveaway was the campus map that fell out when she opened the envelope - they sure weren't sending a campus map if they were saying no thanks :) Exciting time for you guys who are waiting - good luck!!! I know the wait can be brutal and exciting at the same time!!</p>
<p>I just spoke with the admissions department and they stated that notices will be mailed out next week only if you are missing information from your admissions packets. If everything is in, no notification will be sent.</p>
<p>So everyone thinks we hear around the end of March..? Does anyone know when the other merit-based scholarships are given out besides the Reynolds/Carswell? Does anyone know how difficult it is to receive a merit-based scholarship/average amount of money given out? Any other info on Wake?</p>
<p>I recently spoke to someone in financial aid and he informed me that roughly 10% of Wake kids get merit aid, hardly a comforting number. That number drops to 5% for out of state kids. Of course this is figuring everyone who attends actually applied.</p>
<p>wow..I did not realize that it was that low. Like you said, I wonder how many applicants apply for merit based money,...assuming quite a bit. Thanks for the update though. Does anyone have any futher comments about Wake life? What are the most common weekend events? What are the most popular/best departments/majors? Also..does everything pretty much think we hear from admissions in the end of march? Also..what about hearing about merit-based other than reynolds/carswell???</p>
<p>As far as I know (and I'm just a parent of a Wake first year student) the life is just what you read in the college guides - work hard during the week and party hard on the weekends. There is a large Greek presences but you can also find plenty to do if you are not into the Greek life. The athletics are first rate, plenty of clubs and opportunities outside of the frats etc.
The scholarship offers, outside the Carswell- Reynolds usually come out with the financial aid offers right after admissions notices which are definately end of March.</p>
<p>I'm a first year student, and I got an estimate about my financial aid when I was accepted early decision. Later in the spring I found out about merit based aid. Life at Wake is pretty good. I would reccomend having a car - staying on campus can be boring. People work hard during the week party all weekend and study all sunday night. Wednesdays are also party nights too. Greek events are very open. There isnt a ton to do in winston-salem, people usually go to greensboro for bigger events. My friend Brian says to add that the average student here is white upper middle class, polo wearing, cursory, and are pretty athletic. (This is very true.) Be prepared to work hard, and realize that you probably will not make the most fantastic grades your first semester. Luter is the best building to live in for freshmen, and Palmer and Piccolo are kind of out in the middle of no where. Order your textbooks online, you will save a lot of money and you will not need them the first few days of class.</p>
<p>Shaffer-The word cursory means "shallow" if I am not mistaken. Are you implying that the majority of students are so? I have not gotten that impression at all by the other posters on this site. I know a few "regular" people here in N.J. that attend, from modest families that value a good education. I hope you are being broad enough with your view here.</p>
<p>NJmom - With all respect, cursory doesn't mean shallow, it is defined "Performed with haste and scant attention to detail" in my post meaning that student's behavior, namely their friendliness, is very fake. I didnt want to say it with such a harsh term, hence I used cursory. When I was writing my post, I was sitting in a lounge with other people who agreed that the description was accurate. I am not saying that all students are like that. I have met wonderful people here, but there is truth in what I say. First hand experience at a college is different from knowing a select few people outside of the college atmosphere. People act much differently around their peers. Also, please do not imply that I have a class bias or do not value a good education. My intentions were solely to give my honest opinion about the students at Wake.</p>
<p>there are plenty of regular people. but (speaking as someone who wears a tie to class most days and brought j crew catalogs to college with him) the stereotype wake forest student is pretty much true. you won't have any trouble finding plenty of friends here, though. </p>
<p>i do think that cursory is an accurate description of a lot of students. its not that they're unfriendly; its just that they aren't genuinely friendly either. overall, its a great school. just have realistic expectations.</p>
<p>i spent three nights in a row at wake, including the weekend, and met a lot of students. from what i saw and heard, the work hard/party hard reputation is true. i second the bring a car advice.</p>
<p>as for the students, the steryotype holds true from what i've seen. i think this is true for any place though--there will always be the "cursory" ones. a lot of times, "southern hospitality" translates more into POLITENESS than hospitality/thoughtfullness, and that politeness can translate into fakeness. however, you will also find down-to-earth, genuine people there. ti was there four days/three nights and met a mix of fake, indifferent, and genuine students. my advice to you is to spend time on campus--this goes for any school, not just wake--preferably overnight like i did. this way you'll get a feel for life there. final note: don't expect much from winston-salem. it's a nice enough place, but it's definitely not the ideal college town. someone mentioned greensboro. students do go off campus a lot to have fun. greensboro is one place to go. some of my hosts' friends like to drive up to chapel hill for the weekend.</p>
<p>my teacher said that people from the south are fake, as opposed to people from the north who are pretty "real", so i think ur right</p>
<p>I love how everyone assumes Southerners are "fake" and Southern hospitality isn't "genuine".</p>
<p>MOjojo69- your teacher sounds like an ignoramous. What kind of "educated"
person stereotypes in that way? I feel sorry for you that you have to go to a school that has such standards. I hope you get out soon!</p>