<p>accepted from CT too!!</p>
<p>Just to clarify my post about Wake ( re comments from irishmary203), as I said I love Wake and did post-grad work in the School of Medicine. It is an excellent school. I believe probably 80 percent of the college/university threads on CC should probably contain a message to students and parents that encourages their due diligence to include the level of alcohol, drug consumption and the administration’s attitude toward students that participate. Some kids decide to attend a college because they believe the school is a “dry campus” when as our DS says “it’s way past damp”. If that matters to a person, then it is better to find out before you make the commitment
and deposit $. I agree with IrishMary- that it is good to see the administration addressing the rush weekend openly-that does not occur at enough college campuses. I did not want to hijack this thread, but rather respond to a prior post comparing Wake and Furman . Thanks, irishmary, for calling the problem to my attention.</p>
<p>Let’s face it, drinking is a big problem at many universities/colleges, and with only one exception (of all the schools we visited: Wash U, Vanderbilt, Wake, Furman, Rollins, Wheaton), Wheaton College is the only one that wasn’t trying to hide their issues with drinking on campus (there are kids at Wheaton that drink, but it is a very small minority, I know cause my best friend’s kids go there). They all say how they’ve had some issues with drinking in the past but are putting things in place to prevent them from repeating (typical response). My D applied to Wake because it is a good school, and a friend of hers who graduated from Wake two years ago (May 2008), had a great experience at Wake. He did say, which was a concern to me, that drinking on campus, and associated issues, were getting progressively worse each year he was there. My D is a strong person, non-drinker, and I do not worry about that. Whether it is Wake or Furman, she’ll do just fine. Furman claims to be dry, the tour guide at Furman said they were “damp”. It is probably beyond that. I do like the prestige of Wake, but I think that Furman is going to be a better match for her. She is thinking Chemistry and then Pharmacy.</p>
<p>Georgiatwins and GoldenDomer, I appreciate your comments very much. Thanks.</p>
<p>No problem, though I was made to feel as though they were not helpful in the slightest.</p>
<p>Anyway, maybe we will all have our decisions by Monday eh?</p>
<p>Do you think that theyre sending rejections out last? cuz i havent heard of anyone being rejected yet. just acceptances and WL</p>
<p>GoldenDomer, thanks for the congrats! I checked my postmark and
it it dated “March 24th.” Good luck to you!</p>
<p>GoldenDomer. You still haven’t received a letter? that’s so strange.</p>
<p>My D in California just got her acceptance letter today–yayyy! She had applied ED earlier and was deferred. Top 30% in competitive private prep school, strong upward grade trend junior and senior years with lots of AP, Honors; student body officer; I would guess great teacher recos (3 of them); unique commitment and leadership in affordable housing EC; did not submit SAT–it was OK but not great. Congrats to everyone else–maybe we’ll see you on April 9 or April 16 for Open House!</p>
<p>Yeah, its strange all right.</p>
<p>WL, found out today CT resident</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone. My son was admitted to Wake and Furman and I love them both. </p>
<p>Son wants to attend Wake (loves big sports) but we are against this due to the drinking issues. I know there is drinking at both, but something about the environment at Wake encourages such binge drinking that I’ve not seen at other universities. My D at Tech doesnt’ have the problem. The school/police look the other way unless there is a problem so I think they are treated as adults as long as they behave responsibly. They don’t have to hide and binge somewhere.</p>
<p>Furman’s downtown area is so charming and cute. The biggest complaint I know from people who go there is having to live on campus all 4 years but I think you get top notch education from both. But my son does not like Furman at all but we don’t know what to do.</p>
<p>There is drinking almost everywhere. If our children want to drink, they will find a way.</p>
<p>WL after being deferred…sigh.</p>
<p>Accepted from NJ. Top 7% in competitive public school and 2200 SAT. Still waiting to hear back from other schools, but Wake is in my #5 of the 12 schools I applied too.</p>
<p>ahhh, i want to know the financial aid! any idea if wake is generous with merit aid</p>
<p>Just going to have to find out Monday I guess…</p>
<p>0000001 - they meet 100% of need</p>
<p>oh, we find out merit based financial aid on monday?</p>
<p>Caity,
If your decision is based on drinking alone (not financial, academic, etc…) and your son “doiesn’t like Furman at all”, I would not dismiss Wake. How does your son feel about this.? I assume you have discussed it. I’m just curious. I don’t like the culture of drinking either, and there are some schools that seem to encourage it more than others. I didn’t think wake forest was one of the biggest offenders though. Although I did hear about the big drinking incident this past fall, it may have been an isolated event.</p>
<p>I visited Wake and Furman during the same college visit trip. Immediately when I stepped on Furman’s campus I could tell it was not for me. I have also heard some really bad drinking situations that have occurred at Furman. But most importantly if your son did not like Furman you should not persuade him to go there. It his college experience and he is going to be the one living it. He should go wherever he will be most happy.</p>