Got a question? Ask a Freshmen

<p>Checked on the University’s housing link and from we could tell, all dorms appeared to be air conditioned. Is this true? Also, which freshman dorms would you recommend? Thank you.</p>

<p>that is pretty sweet. thanks for the laundry info guys!</p>

<p>Laundryview is so awesome.</p>

<p>Yep, all dorms definitely have AC. Re: what freshman dorm you’ll be in, you won’t really get to pick, but the pros and cons of each have been discussed in quite a few threads:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/755087-bostwick-hall.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/755087-bostwick-hall.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/369530-luter.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/369530-luter.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/681724-dorms.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/681724-dorms.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/621993-freshman-housing.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/621993-freshman-housing.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/538914-johnson-hall-substance-free.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/wake-forest-university/538914-johnson-hall-substance-free.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Some have central air conditioning and others have individual units in each of the rooms, but all dorms are air conditioned.</p>

<p>I assume that the best freshmen dorm will be the one that they are currently building, but that’s just based upon my guess that new is usually better. Have they ever released details and specs on it?</p>

<p>thank you so much, I appreciate all the info.</p>

<p>(Answering these questions from a different perspective)</p>

<p>collegebound41: Any school has negative points, so of course Wake does, as well. Some of the buildings are hard to navigate, the sidewalk outside of Tribble hall always seems to flood when it rains, and 8 AM classes in general. I can’t really think of any seriously negative points about Wake, but if you have any specific questions about things that could potentially be negative, please ask :)</p>

<p>DougBetsy: Screamin’ Demons is not difficult to join, especially for football since the stadium has more room in it. For basketball, as long as you get to sign ups on time, you should have no problem getting in. </p>

<p>impervious0ne:</p>

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<li><p>You probably already applied / heard back but those are good stats and I hope you got in :)</p></li>
<li><p>Wake is mostly conservative. There ARE liberals here, but it is a very conservative school overall. I am a liberal, and I don’t feel out of place or alone here, but it is definitely a right-leaning school. </p></li>
<li><p>Wake is a competitive school, but I don’t find it to be “over-competitive” at all. Sure, people compete for good grades, but most people are willing to help you with whatever you need. I’ve never had a issue receiving help from other students in my classes. Most people here are extremely friendly (kudos to the interview process for this one). The school is very preppy. Most people dress up for classes. I tend to bum it out more than the average student and no one seems to mind, but sweatpants are generally out of place. I wouldn’t be intimidated by this, though. It also tends to vary on what time you have your first class (there tend to be more people dressed comfortably for 8 AM classes than 10 AM classes, etc). </p></li>
<li><p>The general consensus is that it is easy to get a bid from a fraternity, but not exactly an easy pledging process. The hazing here seems pretty minimal to me, and although pledging obviously isn’t simple, it’s not nearly as awful as at other schools with widespread Greek life. I would most certainly not worry about not getting into a fraternity … everyone finds the group that is right for them. There are many fraternities here with many different interests and types of guys, and I’m sure that you’ll find the one that fits you the best. </p></li>
<li><p>No idea, sorry. </p></li>
<li><p>The sizes of the residence halls vary. Luter, Collins, & Babcock are all pretty big; Bostwick & Johnson are medium sized; Palmer and Piccolo are small and further away. There is also a new freshman residence hall opening up behind Collins which should be pretty nice. The rooms in the residence halls also vary. My room is pretty small because of its location, and the rooms in many of the halls aren’t uniform. The triples are monster sized though. Johnson & Bostwick have the smallest rooms, and all of the other dorms tend to have decent sized rooms. It’s college though – very few schools are going to provide you with big rooms. It’s all about configuration! </p></li>
<li><p>I’m a very picky eater, and I’m surviving! The quality of the food in the main cafeteria, the Pit, varies by day. 10% of the time, the food is excellent, 10% of the time, the food is barely edible, and 80% of the time the food is okay. There are a lot of different options. Every day there is an omelet station open the whole day and a sandwich/wrap station and salad/fruit bar that are also opened all day. There is a pasta station where they make you a personal pasta bowl, and a pizza station. The other stations are the “fast food”-ish station (hamburgers, chicken nuggets, french fries, etc), a “Southern” cooking station, and an international station. There is also a dessert station opened all day. I haven’t really had an issue with the food at all here, and the boys seem to like it more than I do. Then there is the Benson center, which has a wraps, frozen yogurt, Chick-Fil-A, a Mexican place, and a restaurant called Shorty’s. We also have a Subway on the main quad. Aside from the places to eat, we have a Sundry and a little food shop in Benson. All of the above places take food dollars. Another place where you can use your meals is the Mag Room, which you can use a swipe for lunch or food dollars for any other time of day. </p></li>
<li><p>Organic chemistry is hard – it’s a pre-med weed out course. As aforementioned, business courses tend to be on the hard side, and the general consensus is that accounting (a business school weed out course) is very challenging. It depends what you’re good at/interested in, though. </p></li>
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<p>DougBetsy: The “Work Forest” label tends to be accurate, especially for pre-Med and pre-business students. Wake has a pretty demanding core curriculum, although there are courses that fulfill core requirements that are pretty easy. There is no denying that every Wake student has a heavy workload, but it’s not overwhelming unless you procrastinate. </p>

<p>jrtowles46: The rooming assignment questionnaire is six questions long. To not be placed in the substance free part of Johnson, you just need to answer accordingly to the question about substances. If you do not smoke and do not want a roommate who smokes, this will not put you in Johnson. Johnson, however, has a non-substance-free part to it. There is a decent sized group of people in Johnson who are not substance free. Not many people are put in Johnson unless they are substance free, though. At Wake, you do not have dorm preferences or roommate preferences (they do not honor either of them). Although most people are able to coexist with their roommates, there is a roommate swap at the beginning of the year, so no worries!</p>

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<p>thanks for the help! one more question: does all of the campus have wi-fi access (meaning all dorms, buildings, etc.)? I am guessing they do, but I just want to make sure!
Thanks again!</p>

<p>Yes. If I recall, Wake was one of the first schools to really invest in covering the entire campus with wireless. They definitely used to use it as a perk for prospective applicants back before it wasn’t the norm. I can only think of a handful of times in my entire four years where I ever used the ethernet port in my room rather than just using the wireless.</p>

<p>this is a silly question but do you recall getting a letter before your admissions letter about your early decision agreement?
i feel like this is totally normal but tensions are HIGH as I am patiently awaiting hopefully not too much longer to hear my decision.
thank you :)</p>

<p>mhm, My D applied ED and just got in last week. She did receive a letter right after WF downloaded her application about the honor system, the belief that she had not applied ED anywhere else, and the binding nature of the ED agreement. Her teacher rec did not get there until 10/6. Her admit letter was dated 11/5, postmarked 11/6 and we received it 11/13… Good luck!</p>

<p>ah good to know dallasmom, thank you! im sure you guys have been through similar stress…congrats to your D! thats awesome!</p>

<p>here is a random question that one of you current students can probably answer:</p>

<p>do the computers that they give you have a built-in camera (to use for skype and such…)?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p>Jrtowles46 – Yes, the laptops have built-in webcams. This is a new feature, though (they just started including the built-in webcam this year) so if someone tells you that they don’t have this feature, it’s probably just because they are an upperclassman and do not have this.</p>

<p>All new laptops do have a built-in webcam, though.</p>

<p>Do you know if the majority of undergrad students graduate in four years?</p>

<p>Almost everyone graduates in four years. Here’s a link to a page of Wake Forest’s Factbook, which is published each year by the office of institutional research: <a href=“Home - Office of Institutional Research”>Home - Office of Institutional Research. For the last couple of years, over 80% of the class has graduated in four years, and almost 90% has graduated in five years (I suspect that a most of the five-year graduates were in the five-year business program, but I don’t know much about that program).</p>

<p>My letters of recommendation may not arrive on time. Would they not count it as part of my application?</p>

<p>One little question, Do Wake Forest meet the full financial need of a student?</p>