Since Wake mails out their decisions, please identify your city and state and when you received your decision (this will help others “guesstimate” when they may receive their decision in the mail). Also include:
Accepted, Wait Listed or Rejected
SAT or ACT score (or no score submitted)
Unweighted GPA
Weighted GPA
Class Rank (Important to Wake. Wake states 61% admitted are in the top 5% of their class and 87% in the top 87%)
Did you interview with Wake
APs
IBs
Awards
Lastly good luck to all I hope to see you in the Forest. Go DEACS!
WOOT WOOT ACCEPTED
Received an email (International Applicant)
Standardised Scores: Did not submit
Course Rigour:
HL Physics (6), HL english lang and lit (6), HL economics (6), SL chemistry (7), SL Maths (6), SL ab spanish (6)
(Second Round of predicted grades were much much lower than first whoops)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Interview: nope
EC’s: Varsity basketball (captain), Varsity football (captain), music, published some articles in a newspaper, theatre, politics/economics related internships, birdwatching.
Awards: Didn’t mention any
Essays:
Work of fiction- About this play I directed which I felt should be required reading.
Challenge or change that which outrages you- This was my worst essay. About how we won some championship.
Specific high school assignment- About my IB extended essay in world studies- politics/ economics
Meaningfully engaging with someone different from you- Getting to know this tribal girl
Top ten list: Birds I would love to see before I die
Accepted
I’m international from Canada
SAT : 1350, 700 in reading and 650 in math
GPA : I believe is 3.7 or 3.8, I’m from Canada and we don’t really do that here so I had to calculate it myself so it’s really an estimate
Rank : We don’t do class rank so I couldn’t tell you
Interview : Didn’t interview
AP : AP Calc, AP economics, AP geo, AP world history
EC : Captain of swim and track team, knitting club, field hockey player, debate team, and an internship
Essays :
Top five books I chose Power of One, Slaughterhouse 5, Of Mice and Men, Brave New World, and To Kill a Mockingbird
I said Adventues of Huckleberry Finn should have been required
For that which outrages me, I spoke about how women have a standard to look a certain way in society that men do not have
For an assignment that interested me I spoke about my sports science assignment in which I had to build a bone and how that interested me in the movement of the body
For globalization is wrote about my cousins that live in a tiny remote area of Croatia and how it has made it easier for them to talk to us and learn english
I did top ten Shakespeare Insults for my top 10
And I wrote about Doris Anderson for my Hamilton equal
The envelopes have arrived. Good news all around! KID A-#1class rank, perfect SATs,6 APs all 5s 4.6 weighted, 4.0 unweighted , Outstanding ECs-state and national level officer, NO SPORTS, NMF,
Southern New England
KID B Cousin in SC with similar stats got hers yesterday. Interviewed, visited, Model UN nat. Winner
KID C -Cousin in same school also got today, 8 th in class, national and state awards, debate,ECs, also NO SPORTS OR MUSIC. Did not submit SATs. Showed great interest, visited, interviewed and kept WF advised of ongoing awards, etc.
Winston Salem, NC Received March 25, 2017
Accepted!!!
SAT: 1340 (sent)
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.64
Class Rank: 13 out of 130
Did you interview with Wake: Yes
APs: 4 AP’s
Awards: State Finalist in Economics Challenge
EC:
Health Occupations Students of America
Soccer (Club and School)
Economics Challenge (State Finalist)
Volunteer at local elementary school and library
Was very disappointed after I got denied by Chapel Hill however I have forgotten about that after today!
APs: My course load in senior year was the most lax, only because I’m a part of six clubs (which i’ll discuss later) AP Psychology
AP Stats
AP Language and Composition
All my other classes were honors.
Awards: Highest average in Latin I and in World History in 10th grade
ECs:
Co-founder and two year president of my school’s Gay-Straight Alliance
Member of Tri-M Music Honor Society
Executive Board of NHS
Senior Class President (SGA)
Member of of JCL (Latin Club)
PR committee of my school’s Environmental Club
I also talked about my various volunteer work.
I’m so glad to have been accepted! I now have a harder decision to make before May 1st… Good luck to everyone!
@cloe.salas, when you receive your envelope depends on how far you are from Wake. I hope you receive it by Tuesday, but who knows. Waiting is the toughest part.
@CarriesBakers, congratulation and welcome to the Forest. If you have not been able to visit Wake, I would try and visit Wake on one of the admitted students days (April 7 or April 21).
My child got accepted today! Gold envelope with cartoon drawing as others have said. We live in NC so others may be getting theirs next week.
Stats:
SAT: 690 verbal, 740 math, 730 US History, 800 Biology
GPA: 4.84/5
Class rank: 6/305
AP: US History, Envir. Science, Biology, Calculus (AP& BC), Chemistry, Literature, Stats
EC’s: President of 2 clubs, good volunteer activities
Rec: Dunno but suspected to be good
Visited campus as a junior. Did not interview.
Accepted
SAT or ACT score (or no score submitted) 1470 SAT
Unweighted GPA 3.76
Weighted GPA 4.91
Class Rank (Important to Wake. Wake states 61% admitted are in the top 5% of their class and 87% in the top 87%)
Did you interview with Wake: did on on-campus interview
APs NA
IBs IB HL ENGLISH 1/2, IB HL PHYSICS 1/2, IB HL CHEMISTRY 1/2, IB HL HISTORY 1/2, IB JAPANESE 5, IB TOK, IB SL MATHAMATICS
Awards no major awards
ECs: 4-time varsity athlete, tutor inner city kids and also tutor middle school students at my school
We got the envelope in the mail today. We live in NoVA, but at least my daughter’s friends who also live in NoVA and also applied did not get anything in the mail. So really depends on your local post office too, I guess.
ACCEPTED
SAT: 1370
Unweighted GPA: Not sure
Weighted GPA: 4.2
Class Rank: Her school only ranks if you are in the top 10 percent of your class, and she is not ranked.
Did you interview with Wake: Yes, via Skype last August
APs: Nine classes, including five this year (Stats, English, Gov, Chinese and Physics), three last year (Bio, English and US History), one sophomore year (Euro History)
ECs: No sports via school, but takes ballet / dance with school affiliated with professional company and has danced in professional productions, including principal roles; NHS, Chinese NHS, Math League, some community service (as required by her high school)
Hopefully this post will help someone down the line as far as your chances of getting in and whether its worth it to apply or not. If you are a prospective applicant please remember this - Do not try to step in someone else’s shoes. Keep your individuality, do things you love in high school, and make your own path. That is what is most important.
Also, at the end of the day you’ll regret not applying more than getting a rejection letter (trust me I have gotten a many)
Mebane NC - received letter March 24th - RD
ACCEPTED
ACT: 32 (sent)
Unweighted GPA: 4.0
Weighted GPA: 5.1
Class Rank: 3/300
Did you interview with Wake: Yes - in person
APs: English 3/4, Psyc, Stat, World History, Biology, Earth and Environmental, U.S History, Calc AB & BC
ECs: Four year basketball player, played baseball one year in HS (stopped after arm injury), hospital internship, President of two clubs (Key Club and Math Honor Society), participated in a theater production, lifeguard, student government.
Awards/Honors: AP Scholar w/ Honor, NHS, district overall science fair winner, Graham Rotary Club student of the month, AAA Scholar athlete.
Word to the wise: do something unique for your Top 10 list. Mine was simply “Nouns”, and went from 1. Chance The Rapper to 10. Moe’s.
I have not made my final decision yet, but Wake Forest is on the top of my list :).
Waitlisted
ACT: 31 (sent)
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.0
Class Rank: N/a but in top 15%
Did you interview with Wake: Yes - Skype
APs: Microeconomics macroeconomics Latin V Psychology
ECs: Four year varsity gymnast, co-founder of service project, volunteer tutor, NHS member
Awards/Honors: NHS, National latin honors society
Showed lots of interest, sat in on a class, visited twice, emailed my admissions rep like crazy
Waitlisted in NEPA
After being deferred from ED 1 back in August…so it’s been a long 7 months of waiting. And today’s result was honestly worse then be rejected. Not sure what to do…not sure the waiting can continue.
ACT 32
Unweighted GPA 3.79
4 AP’s
Top 15% of class
Several EC’s including Varsity Swim Captain with multiple district medals and 3 time District Champion Team, Student Council President, NHS, Medical mission trip to Haiti, interviewed last June on campus and a lot more…
Good Luck to those still waiting and congrats to all accepted!
