Wake Forest or UNC Chapel Hill

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Hi! I want to preface this by saying I know no one can make this choice for me so I don’t really need to see comments saying that no offense haha.

Growing up, (the beginning of high school), wake forest was my dream school. I was obsessed with it. I’ve watched all the videos I could, attended their Summer Immersion, toured, interview. Done just about everything I could to get in. I hear back at the end of this month. I feel like i’m gonna get in, but you also never know. I’m writing this as if I am though.

Fast forward, I get a full ride to unc chapel hill! I am out of state. Now this has confused things. I would be pre-med and i’m not obsessed with prestige… I just want to be happy in undergrad and go to a top medical school. Wake was appealing bc of smaller class sizes, but UNC has the college town.

If I don’t get a full ride to Wake, it’s definitely UNC or I could possibly negotiate. However, if I do get full rides to both; what would be the better choice for a pre med student? Also, does anyone know anything about Wake’s financial aid besides the stats online?

Thanks :slight_smile:

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Can’t go wrong wither way. One of my daughters applied to both but Wake was her ED school. The pre-health advisor has been great helping her plan for either the regular pre-med and the Early Assurance Program with study abroad and other EC’s. From what I’ve seen the FA is fantastic. Scholarships should be announced sometime this month. The Wake parents group is amazing and there are hundreds of the kids connecting on various social media. I can certainly get my daughter to help you get connected if you choose Wake. She applied to both based on their pre-med programs but I think UNC may be better. She just knew Wake was her school when we visited last Feb after 2500 miles and 15 school visits.

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Are you a Morehead Cain scholar at UNC?

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