<p>Is wake forest really "work forest"?? im scared it's going to be too much, being in business and minoring or double majoring in music.
will i have time to breathe?
does wake "work" forest live it to its name?
do you think it is harder to get good grades because of the grade deflation?</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>My son is finishing up freshman year and yes for him it has been alot of work. However, most of the demands have come from having 2 science classes with labs each semester. It is an adjustment, especially if you didn't have to work too hard in high school. Don't know your background, but Wake seems to be very good at accepting students who do well there. Don't worry, the ones I've talked to all seem to work it out and find time to do what they really want to do. It seems there is grade deflation (they even talked to the parents about it at orientation) but a Wake degree carries a lot of weight due to that. If you are thinking business, the CEO's I personally know give Wake graduates a great deal of respect.</p>
<p>I second "mkm56" . Wake lives up to it's "work forest" label. My D is a current freshman as well and has found it to be quite challenging in the Sciences especially. There does also appear to be a good deal of grade deflation but....... Wake admissions knows who can do the job and they choose to admit those students. You will have plenty of time to do other things but Wake is known for the academics for just this reason. The degree appears to be well worth the effort. Good luck!!</p>
<p>My bro is a freshman there, and he has worked his butt off. He didn't have to work too hard in high school, so it was tough at first, but he has adjusted to the work, and he has time to do other things, so it isn't an overkill.</p>
<p>Yes, I am a sophomore at Wake Forest and this year I have worked harder than I ever have in my life. I am lucky yo get 6 hours a sleep a night. I often only get 3. Many students take stimulants in order to get all of their work done. The teachers are very demanding and expect A LOT from their students.</p>
<p>I think the workload at Wake Forest is often exaggerated. I’m a senior and I’ve taken course overloads for the majority of my semesters at Wake and I’ve never really felt overwhelmed by the workload. Yes, there is a lot of work and yes, professors expect a lot from you, but I’ve never considered the work unreasonable or impossible. </p>
<p>I’ve found that many students cruised by in high school and assume that college will be the same in that they get good grades without doing a lot of work. If you plan your assignments out well and work productively without a lot of procrastination you will be absolutely fine.</p>
<p>"I think the workload at Wake Forest is often exaggerated. I’m a senior and I’ve taken course overloads for the majority of my semesters at Wake and I’ve never really felt overwhelmed by the workload. Yes, there is a lot of work and yes, professors expect a lot from you, but I’ve never considered the work unreasonable or impossible. "</p>
<p>I think this really depends on what types of classes you take. Some people take sciences and breeze through them while others really struggle. </p>
<p>I went to an extremely challenging high school and I still find that Wake can give an unreasonable amount of work. Last semester, I took 15 hours and I didn’t find it very difficult, but this semester I find extremely difficult (then again, all of my classes are reading based). I think that a lot of factors contribute to the difficulty of course load, although I think it would be difficult to argue that Calloway doesn’t live up to the “Work Forest” reputation. </p>
<p>It also depends in what you’re involved in on campus.</p>
<p>Obviously different students will find different courses more or less challenging, but a lot of this is dependent on the student’s own personal strengths. There are some students who are just better at maths and sciences and others who excel at English or foreign languages. Part of controlling your workload is knowing what you’re good at and what you like. There are so many kids who come into college believing they just have to be a business major or pre-med and get themselves into classes that are too challenging or above their heads material wise. </p>
<p>I think workload is what you make of it. I have never once thought I’ve had an unreasonable workload. I’ve definitely heard other students complain, some rightfully and others just to complain, but I think overall the workload is absolutely manageable. Off the top of my head I can only think of one person who I legitimately thought at one point had an unreasonable workload. The only time I felt legitimately challenged by my workload was when I was writing my thesis and taking an upper level art history seminar course with a 25 page research paper. </p>
<p>From personal experience I’ve found that being busier actually helps me control my workload better because I am forced to plan things out and start assignments way in advance. As a second semester senior I am seriously struggling to do work because I have so much free time on my hands.</p>
<p>I agree that the workload is almost always manageable. There were a couple bad weeks, of course, but that’s to be expected. I had one semester where I think that I was in a little bit over my head (three labs and an intensive language course in a language I’d never studied before was not a good idea), but I survived unscathed. I never pulled an all-nighter in four years at Wake, and I almost always got between 6 and 7 hours sleep.</p>
<p>And maybe I was just na</p>
<p>I graduated cum laude a few years back but wanted to comment about the Work Forest label. Yes the work is demanding and yes it is also manageable. I transferred into Wake from a state school so I have seen both sides of this equation. The big difference that I noted was the level of difficulty for general requirement classes. The general requirement classes at state school were a pushover (or/and it was easy to find and register for these classes). At Wake you still had to work hard in these classes which ultimately caused your entire course load to be more demanding. </p>