<p>I see what your saying warblers, but I would hate to see Wake “pull a Vanderbilt” and get rid of their essays. Yes, in the case of Vandy, applications jumped up (I believe about 25%), but I think that helps weed out the applicants who “do not want to be there.” As an alumni I don’t want those students there, but that may be a bit of me on my high horse.</p>
<p>I would like to see Wake Forest recruit more on the West Coast (someone could correct me, I have no idea what the recent class profiles have looked like). As the UC schools become more and more constrained, those students are going to look elsewhere and WFU would be an excellent alternative to students who were considering UCLA, Berkeley, etc.</p>