Wake Forest University Top Questions

The best thing about Wake is that it feels like home from the first day you set foot on campus. It really is an easy transition stage between high school and the real world. The size is pretty ideal, and while sometimes it feels a bit small, I still see new faces daily. Wake has a great reputation, and whenever I tell people I go here I get great reactions. Some people only know about the school because of its athletics programs which are top-notch, but academically Wake also has a great rep. Wake's administration seems a bit snoody to me- too concerned about image and prestige and the money involved. But they do their best to hide it, and the faculty certainly do not have the same mentality. Many students complain about Winston-Salem and say that there is nothing to do. But if you actually look for stuff going on in the community, you can definitely find it!

The best thing about Wake is that it is small enough to know at least one person in your class but it's big enough to meet someone new every time you go out. I think the size is just right. The campus is too small to expand on the number of students. When I tell people I go to Wake they are immediately impressed or they have no idea what Wake Forest University is. Some people know that it's a good school but they just know that it's close to UNC and Duke. As for Winston Salem being a "college town"...no, it's not. If you want to see a college town, go to Gainesville. I have never had a problem with Wake's administration but since I am an athlete I don't really have to deal with any of it. I spend most of my time with my team, working out and practicing. When I'm not doing that I'm either in class, studying or sleeping. Wake's school pride is there when the sports teams are successful. If a team isn't having a good season the fan base and pride drops tremendously. Also, the fan base is only decent for the football team and the men's basketball team. There are other teams on campus that are among the best in the nation and their stands are empty. The one experience I'll always remember is watching the field hockey team with the National Championship in 2004 and the experience of playing my sport in front of a packed gym and winning.

The best thing about Wake is by far the undercover social and greek scene that the University does a great job in playing down. When I went on a tour here, I had no idea how big a part of Wake Greek Life was, but since joining a sorority, I can happily say that it is the best thing that has happened to me! It is not necessary to be in a frat or sorority, but being in one guarantees four fun years, and I cannot wait for those years to come!!

The best thing about Wake is that students are truly well rounded and involved. No one spends 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of their time at the library or 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of their time partying. People are involved in student leadership, religious groups, political organizations, service opportunities, and so much more. People are just involved in general. The size is perfect because it is small enough that I am constantly meeting people; however, there are many people who I will never meet and will remain strangers living around me. Despite our size, the opportunities and pride that students have as Demon Deacons is enormous. We have won national championships in multiple sports as a D-1 ACC school. A fun tradition that we have is toilet papering our own quad after any large athletic victory. You will be throwing rolls of toilet paper on a Saturday afternoon next to 500 of your closest friends (and no one will have toilet paper to last the rest of the weekend!) For our most rivaled victories, the quad looks like it is in a white out. It is a beautiful sight.

Professors ~ That everyone is pretty much exactly the same ~ Just right ~ They usually mention something about basketball, or more recently football, but generally don't know where it is. Often get it confused with Lake Forest. ~ In the library, Wingate or Tribble ~ 'what college town?' ~ Administration is okay, tough a lot of workers tend to be on the ruder side and the doctors at Student Health are completely incompetent. ~ Moving faculty and administration out of faculty apartments with really short notice and closing Campus Grounds and putting in a Starbucks ~ Yes. ~ Everyone is extremely thin and fit but not necessarily healthy. Does not fit the national average. ~ Meeting my fiance. ~ Greek life runs Wake, they take attendance, parking tickets, conformity, etc.

School is just the right size. Most people don't know where Wake Forest is located when they hear I go there. The newest controversy is juicycampus.com.

The best thing about Wake is the school spirit! Everyone comes out to support the football and basketball teams and we're all really excited to be Demon Deacons. Whenever I tell people where I go to school, they usually comment on our great sports teams and strong academics. I'm proud to be a student here. Winston-Salem isn't really a college town, but I like it that way. I grew up in a college town so it's nice to be in a bigger area! There are lots of great restaurants in W-S and a good mall, too. That sounds ridiculously girly but it's something we all appreciate when we need last minute outfits for a theme party. The biggest current controversy is the expansion of Wake. The administration approved space for 80 extra students next year and they want the university to double in size. The students really like the small, close-knit campus and a lot of us object to making Wake just another medium-sized university. Another controversy is that the administration is apparently taking down all of the Greek letters from the residence halls next year. I hope this is just a rumor because I think it would be false advertising to make it look like Greek life doesn't dominate Wake's social life.

The best thing about Wake is that it's just the right size, and you don't feel anonymous. It's great that you can meet so many people from so many different backgrounds. I would change the enormous cost of tuition, and where the funds that students pay are spent. I spend time all over campus; a lot of time in my dorm, some at the Phi Mu townhouses, some in the classroom, some in benson, etc... When i say that i go to wake, a lot of people are impressed, depending on whether or not they've heard of it. men tend to respect it a lot more than women i think because of its sports teams. there is no college town, although they are apparently trying to build one. i like wake's administration, but sometimes it feels like they are trying to get all the money out of you that they can, and this gets really stressful for me; this is also the most frequent student complaint, i think. there is a lot of school pride, and i love that about wake-- everyone gets really into school spirit. one experience i'll never forget is rolling the quad and mudsliding after we beat duke in basketball.

the best thing about Wake Forest is its size, and the opportunities afforded to individual students as a result of the small size and personal attention in the classroom. for example, i've gotten to double major, and study abroad twice (1 summer, 1 semester) in departments that are neither of my majors--i think this was possible because i was always aware of the opportunities available to me to get to know faculty in other departments and explore subjects of interest to me. Wake Forest has allowed me to cultivate a love for learning by providing a liberal arts education curriculum. If I could change one thing about Wake it would be the conservative bias of the student body. Not a college town--WFU is isolated from the Winston-Salem by gates...you have to be very intentional about getting off campus and interacting with people other than college students. Wake's administration changed recently (a couple years ago) and I have been disappointed by the constant treating of this educational institution as a business, with more and more considerations of money than of the university's overall health as an institution. For example, the administration just served a slap in the face to its faculty living in campus faculty apartments, by notifying them only 3 months in advance of the school's plan to convert the faculty apartments into student housing, effectively evicting 60 faculty and staff families from their homes with 3 months notice during the busiest time of the school year. This lack of consideration was driven by a need to increase the school's revenue: increase student body (which no one wants), increase tuition, and find a quick fix for housing to accommodate for the enrollment increases. School pride in ACC sports.

The best thing about Wake is it's size. It's big enough to offer lots of opportunities to students and to not feel constricting, but its small enough to not get lost and really feel like part of a community. Winston-Salem is definitely not your typical college town, but there are good places to go to shop and eat in the area.