<p>What is the social life like at WFU? I read in a guidebook that the popular Thurs-Sat night thing is to go "hall-crawling" where you go from dorm to dorm and drink. Is this really popular? How big is alcohol on campus...more than UNC? Also, does the school feel like a rich, preppy, white school just like the guidebooks say? HONEST ANSWERS, PLEASE!</p>
<p>THANKS!</p>
<p>I'd like to know the social atmosphere as well. I've never visited and I wonder what the campus is like sometimes. Although, it is not 1st or 2nd on my list, it is definitely a school that I am highly intrested in.</p>
<p>Hmmm... I'll admit I only went hall-crawling once and that was enough for me. I found it to be retarded. I'm not too tuned into the social/alcohol scene at Wake, but it is not like it happens every day or every weekend/friday.</p>
<p>From what I gather, hall-crawling isn't ubiquitous at Wake, but the frats do hold parties in some residence halls. It seems like there is a big party once every three weeks or so, by some frat, especially during the Fall. Otherwise, stuff goes down in the hall, on a "hall individual" basis or at off-campus locations. Eh, don't be too worried about it. There's always Johnson.</p>
<p>I have no idea how this school compares with UNC, although I've heard that UNC is much more worse (perhaps even more rich/preppy than Wake). I remember hearing that students at UNC showed up drunk to class (I've only encountered one whilst here) and started getting loose on Thursday (Friday is common at Wake).</p>
<p>Wake is good, in my expert opinion. Ginnyvere might have another take or be better at answering this from her perspective.</p>
<p>Thanks emsibdn....</p>
<p>YOUR TURN Ginnyvere (or any other wake forest students!)</p>
<p>I never felt like alcohol defined the culture at Wake. And as emsibdn said, hall-crawling isn't terribly common (in fact the only time I heard of it happening was on pledge night). At Wake, you can really choose whether or not you want to drink. I don't drink, and I always had things that I could do on the weekends, and even if you do go to parties (lots of which are off campus and don't really effect the people who stay on campus during them), there will be people there who aren't drinking. I'm not a partier, but my roommate would often go to parties and have fun without drinking.</p>
<p>It never felt like a rich, preppy school to me. The only sign I saw that some of the students came from a lot of money was some really nice cars on campus. There's not really any opportunity for any sign of wealth to come across. We all live in the dorms, no freshmen are allowed to have cars on campus, and we're all working our butts off to make good grades. Everyone was pretty equal.</p>
<p>Thanks ginnyvere! This is definitely good news! You stayed in sub-free, right? I might consider that if I go. Would you recommend it and how hard is it to get into?</p>
<p>O also, what kinds of student organizations, clubs, etc were you involved in? How were they?</p>
<p>I was in Johnson last year, and I would definitely recommend it. Its really, really nice to know that you wont have to deal with a drunk roommate getting sick in the room. Additionally, it's great to have a roommate who wont smoke (even though no one is allowed to smoke in the dorm rooms, the rooms that have a smoker in them still smell like smoke). I was really surprised how many students smoke. I mean, it's not a huge percentage or anything, but it's more than I would've expected.</p>
<p>I was really only involved in three clubs this year, and I'm hoping to add more (namely AED, amnesty international, and perhaps ballroom dancing) this year. But last year I was in the college dems, handbells, and quiz bowl (though I didn't get involved in quiz bowl until about February). I loved all three, and I'm definitely sticking with those this year, but then they're a lot like the clubs I was heavily involved in in high school so I'm not surprised that I really enjoyed them.</p>
<p>Oh, and it's not hard to get into at all. They say that space is limited, but I've also heard that if more people applied than could fit in Johnson, they'd consider moving substance free to one of the larger dorms or making one of the halls in another building substance free.</p>