<p>FYI, </p>
<p>Applications are up about 40% from two years ago, to over 10,000. Probably due to the SAT policy as well as demographics.</p>
<p>What is the source?
10,000 apps would be a stunning increase in applications.
Applications for 2007-08 were 7,177.</p>
<p>This was announced by the President Hatch at a meeting a couple of weeks ago. My son is a student there and we got the information from the Parents Council. I don't think it is on the Wake website as yet.</p>
<p>That's good to hear. The more applicants there are, the more my degree is worth.</p>
<p>i wouldn't believe this heresay. 10k apps is neither possible nor plausible based on the numbers form last year.</p>
<p>Wake Forest had over 9,000 applications last year.</p>
<p>Straight from the Director of Admissions:
The</a> Right Thing to Do</p>
<p>The relevant part quotes Martha Allman: "I have been asked if we made this decision as a publicity stunt just to increase applications and have honestly replied that after reviewing 9,000 this year we have about as many applications as we can handle. Don't get me wrong, we always want more excellent applications, but more for the sake of more — certainly not."</p>
<p>i guess im not getting in as an ED deferee then. oh well</p>
<p>Over 10,000 is true.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt jumped 30% in applications last year. So this Wake increase isn't surprising.</p>
<p>^Yeah, except Vandy doesn't require a supplement which probably helps in their spike application. WFU requires one, although short, was surprisingly hard to answer because some of the questions were out there.</p>
<p>What do you guys think should be the acceptance rate for this year?</p>
<p>I think high school students nationally are getting disillusioned and realizing that it's not a choice between HYPSMC and state schools; there are some very reputable privates out there.</p>
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^Yeah, except Vandy doesn't require a supplement which probably helps in their spike application. WFU requires one, although short, was surprisingly hard to answer because some of the questions were out there.
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Do you really think so? I don't think thousands of applications can be attributed to the lack of an essay. If it did, I hope the lazy people get weeded out from the people who truly do have an interest in Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>The WFU supplement was easy.</p>
<p>Though, the increase in Vandy applicants can be attributed to it being on the common app (and having no supplement or Why Vandy? essay)... and sports.</p>
<p>Well, received their 30% spike after the eliminated their "Why Vandy?" Supplement for the Fall Class of 2008. I wouldn't be surprised with such a spike. Vandy is a top 20 school, and if you use the Common App, you can literally apply to Vandy in 2 minutes if you already dide the general Common App forms. I'm sure a lot of kids who applied to the Ivy League schools would see Vandy as an easy back-up to apply to.</p>
<p>Ditto what hilsa said.</p>
<p>I still think WFU turned some people off by asking some of those questions in the short response supplement. I personally have 5 friends who were planning to apply to WFU but when they say the short responses; they opted not to. I am not complaining though, less competition for me!</p>
<p>Even Princeton's short answers, or Yale's are wacky too--your favorite word, favorite website, favorite possession....in addition to short essays and long ones.</p>
<p>I applied to WF because of their supplement. It was such a break from the boring questions on the common app, it was almost fun to answer it.</p>