<p>Another poster on CC said that Wake had extended the deadline to January 15. I didn't see that on their website. Did anyone else hear that?</p>
<p>From an email my son received this morning:</p>
<p>Your January 1 deadline to apply to Wake Forest University with your Direct Connection Application has passed. However, I would like to give you additional time to submit your application. I encourage you to click this link to submit it now before the new January 15 deadline.</p>
<p>They did this last year too.</p>
<p>They extended the deadline last year too? Damn, I was slaving at the last minute to finish those awful supplements. I could’ve used the extra time. Oh well.</p>
<p>No only did they extend the deadline, they gave my son a fee waiver - free application.</p>
<p>why would they do that?! maybe their apps are down this year :/</p>
<p>That’s what I was thinking when I got my letter. Maybe application numbers are down, which means the bar is a little lower (?)</p>
<p>ED apps were down about 11%. Maybe the 15,000 essay questions are to blame.</p>