<p>I applied regular decision, and I think Wake was easily the biggest reach on my list. </p>
<p>Unweighted GPA: 3.10
Class Rank: top 25% (out of 600)
3 AP's taken (AP Exam scores: 4, 2, 1)
SAT: 640 CR, 700 M, 680 W-9 = 2020 combine
Male from Arkansas
EC's: High school baseball, member of three clubs, special needs brother</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, yeah, it seems really low for Wake. Sorry!</p>
<p>Sorry as in "no way", or sorry as in "you still have a chance, although saying the word 'chance' implies there is a possibility you will get accepted"?</p>
<p>The strongest part of my application, by far, are my test scores which are only slightly above average or so for the student body...I would guess I'm in the bottom 5% of the applicant pool in GPA and bottom 20% for quality of EC's.</p>
<p>...It's definitely a very high reach for me.</p>
<p>Assuming my essays and rec's are nothing special, there is a 0% chance I'll get accepted? Do we all agree on this?</p>
<p>But let's say Wake thinks my essays were incredibly good (let's say in the top 3% of the applicant pool) and let's say I got very very good recommendations. In this scenario, would I have a reasonable chance?</p>
<p>To summarize my hypothetical profile:</p>
<p>Decent test scores - horrible grades - average EC's - amazing recommendations - amazing essays </p>
<p>That's two amazing parts, two average parts and one horrible part of my application. Is that good enough, do you guys think?</p>
<p>Wake isn't even my first choice, lol, it's probably my 4th...not really sure why I'm so worried about it.</p>
<p>To bump and summarize my question above, how much weight do recommendations and the essays have on the application for Wake Forest?</p>
<p>I'm not quite sure how they weigh them, but I do know that they treat your SATs as supplemental information (ie your scores alone will not make or break you). I'd say that the only possible way to get in is with an AMAZING essay, short answer response and interview. Those matter most on your application, I believe.</p>
<p>AMAZING all three? I'm not sure my online interview was very good for my standards...but then again, most people thought they did pretty bad. Timed responses are difficult. </p>
<p>What do you define as amazing? Like one of the best they have ever seen? One of the best of this year's applicants? What exactly?</p>
<p>Just out of this year's applicants, I guess. (At least 2/3 amazing?) I really don't know anything much about their admissions process, so I'm not the best person to advise you. I applied RD, as well, but my school doesn't rank or do GPAs. We'll find out in a little less that 2 months, so try not to stress about it! :)</p>
<p>lol, you're right.</p>
<p>I shouldn't be stressing in the first place because I am very confident I'll get rejected. I know what's going to happen ahead of time. People should only stress when the result can go either way.</p>
<p>Yeah, don't even think about it. I'm trying really hard to push it out of my mind for now. I'll just waste time obsessing and beating myself up over what I could or should have done better. Worrying won't get me accepted. :P</p>
<p>Hey it doesn't hurt trying? Don't get your hopes down (I know I have) from this site. you never know. However they kinda look at the opposite. They look at grades and not really ACT or SAT scores.</p>
<p>"People should only stress when the result can go either way."</p>
<p>Very accurate statement.</p>
<p>Yo lllklll, don't limit yourself on your GPA. If you have a strong application (decent test scores, strong essays, good interview), you definitely will have a good chance of being admitted. I applied early with a 3.4 weighted GPA 3.3 unweighted with only 1 AP, and was accepted. High school grades really don't mean all that much, it's all about how well you do next year. If you have any questions about the application process, feel free to shoot me a message or something and I can try to help you out.</p>
<p>I'm guessing you held leadership positions, are really good at a sport, or are an underrepresented minority?</p>
<p>I was only a member of three clubs, played a sport (although I'm far from good enough to be recruited), and I'm a white male from Arkansas (so I add little diversity). </p>
<p>Why do you think you were accepted with such a low GPA? Your essays and interview were really good?</p>
<p>I suck at sports. I did play water polo freshman year, ran cross country sophomore year, and was co-captain for the JV lacrosse team, but i never kept going with sports. I did hold a bunch of leadership positions, (Marching band trumpet section leader 3 years, cancer outreach club 1 year), but those arent really huge. my essays were solid and so was my interview. if you do well with your interview / have the application filled out well, i would say you have a decent shot. and im korean from california, but that really doesnt matter much considering how many koreans have high test scores / gpas nowadays.</p>
<p>^ckim, I would say you're an exception to the norm and not the rule for WFU acceptances.</p>
<p>Plus, you add both racial and geographic diversity, which does help a bit</p>
<p>I am not trying deter lllklll from trying, but one has to be a bit realistic, with his GPA, it will be a definite uphill battle to gain admission.</p>
<p>Anyway, congratulations ckim for getting in, WFU is one of my top choices so hopefully I will see you next fall. Also, good luck lllklll, I noticed from a previous post that you have gotten into Hendrix. That's a great accomplishment, I have a friend who attends and is having a wonderful experience.</p>
<p>haha ckim. I don't think a "korean from california" is much of a minority in itself. Haha. </p>
<p>I got deferred, which is not too horrible, but I feel that Wake looks more at the person than the application, so I feel that an interview is a must. + Your interest in the school.</p>
<p>My first interview question was, how many times have you visited Wake Forest?</p>