What are my chances on getting into WFU?!

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<p>Hello everybody!! I'm an out of state junior (from Virginia) and the more and more I look into Wake Forest, the more I love it! I am taking a closer look at Wake and I was really hoping you guys could help me out and give me some outside opinions and suggestions for getting into WFU!!</p>

<p>GPA: I'm not exactly sure how weighted and unweighted grades work in different places but in my high school an A counts as a 4 for unweighted and a 5 for a weighted (no 4.3's for an A+ or anything like that) so bare with me if the numbers aren't completely correct!</p>

<p>unweighted / weighted
up to 10th grade: 4.0 / 4.0
after this year concludes (provided I get all A's): 4.0 / 4.2
I am planning on taking 4 or 5 AP classes my senior year as well (I took 4 AP's this year with a dual-enrollment class which was also weighted) so that should boost it up even more!</p>

<p>SAT: 550 reading (going to improve on a lot!!) / 650 math / 680 writing / 1200 R & M / 1880 All
ACT: planning on taking it in February!</p>

<p>EC's:</p>

<p>Varsity Cheerleading: 9th-11th (and I will cheer again my senior year)
Competition Cheerleading: 9th and 11th (and again next year) <strong>I tore my ACL the end of my freshman year and was unable to be on the competition team my sophomore year</strong>
2nd team all-district cheerleader my Junior year
Varsity Swimming: 10th (rehab sport for my knee)
Spanish Club 10th-11th (and next year)
Beta Club
Spanish Honor Society
English Honor Society
Other Honor Society (history, math, science) inductions to come later this year!
Not a lot of volunteer hours, but planning on volunteering a lot this summer!!</p>

<p>At my high school, anyone who has a 4.0 weighted GPA or better is a valedictorian so hopefully I will be a valedictorian if my grades continue to be all A's!</p>

<p>So, with all of this information, do you guys think I will get into WFU as an out of state student?! Thank you so much for your time, opinions, and suggestions!!</p>

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<p>I mean there are no guarantees with Wake since they weight essays and the interview so heavily, but I wouldn’t worry about your SAT’s. Wake doesn’t care about them much, don’t send them if you don’t like them. Your ECs seem strong, and if you are in the top 10% of your class in the end, I think you have a valid shot. But you’re also a junior, and a lot can change between now and then. Best of luck! And if you have any questions feel free to get in touch with me! sebastianivory @ yahoo. com. I’m an accepted student for the Class of 2017. Go Deacs!</p>

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<p>I would say you’re stats look pretty good. Just get some good recommendations, write some good essays, and keep up the good work. You’ll be fine. If you want to PM me, feel free. I’m a sophomore at Wake. :)</p>

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<p>Thank you both so much! I’ll be sure to come to y’all if I have any other questions! Thanks again :)</p>

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<p>can anyone tell me what the essay topics are normally like and what the interview entails?! thanks! :)</p>

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<p>Hi, @Lillion20: </p>

<p>The essay topics tend to vary from year to year but they always require creative and original thinking. The goal is to see what you are like as a person and to see if you can come up with new ideas. I found them to be fun and not too difficult to answer. I believe they are all short answer. </p>

<p>The interviews differ depending on your interviewer. Mine was over Skype and was pretty standard, but I have heard of interviews being much more casual AND more serious than mine. As with any interview, it will be important to express why you like the school and why you see yourself there.</p>

<p>I hope this answers your question! Best of luck!</p>

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<p>Don’t report the SAT scores. That much is easy. I have a couple tricks to get into Wake if you PM me.</p>