Wake Forest Social/Academic Balance

Applying to College
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<p>Hey guys, </p>

<p>I'm a senior interested in applying ED to Wake. Wake seems to have everything I want in a university, however I'm hesitant for a few reasons. </p>

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<li><p>This might sound bad, but I do want a college that will look good on job applications in 5 years. Will going to Wake be impressive? I know it's not one of those "name brand" schools, but is Wake a prestigious school? I'm honestly not sure, so I'm very curious.</p></li>
<li><p>This might also sound bad, but yes I do want to party in college. I want to have the full college experience. I was just wondering if a current student or grad could explain the social situation with parties. Are freshmen usually not allowed in parties? Are boys turned away from parties often? Where do most parties take place, on camps, in the dorms, or off campus? Are there ever nights where you're just bored with nothing to do?</p></li>
<li><p>How conservative is Wake? I want a college that is fully accepting of all types of people, including the LGBTQ community, all races, etc. </p></li>
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<p>please let me know! I don't want any replies that are chiding me for wanting to party in college or for wanting to go to a prestigious college, so please keep your snide comments to yourself :)</p>

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<p>I am wondering the exact same thing about wake forest.
However wake forest is more of a safety for me.</p>

<p>I don’t want to speak for you but applying early decision to a college typically means that that college is your first choice and probably the hardest to get into out of your choices. If you’re stats match those of an average wake forest school you are probably not going to get into Dartmouth for example. So if your gpa, sat, and overall application is top 20 university caliber, I suggest applying early decision there because you will probably get into wake forest anyway without applying ED.</p>

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<p>Wake Forest seems to have a lot of students in fraternities and sororities, which may have a significant impact on social life there.</p>

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