Chances/social life?

sosywfu
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 09:51:57 +0000

i wish i could give you some idea of your chances of getting in, but i’m just about as clueless as anyone else in that respect, i think. you do look like you’ve worked hard throughout high school, so no matter how clueless i may be, i’ll still venture to say you’ve got good chances (and also, when the time comes: good luck!).

one of my favorite things about wake is that no matter what kind of social life you’re looking to have, you can definitely have it. for those interested in greek life, it has a strong presence on campus, and most other student activities and organizations are also well organized, enjoyable, and a great way to meet people with common interests. like mkm56 said, there are great athletic opportunities as well. basically, anything you want to do, you can. and if you’re the kind of person who wants to go out every night, you can; if you’d rather stay in and hang out with friends in the dorm, you can do that just as easily, as well as everything in between. as always, i don’t really know what else to say, so if you have any specific questions, i’m sure all wake students on this board would be glad to answer.

as for traveling in and around winston, while it’s true that wake isn’t in the city like more urban schools are, i did not have a car my freshman year and had no trouble getting into the city. if you live reasonably close to wake, such that it’s feasible for you to bring your car, it certainly doesn’t hurt to have one around. however, you’ll undoubtedly make friends with plenty of people who do have their cars (most of my friends from north carolina and georgia had theirs) and getting around shouldn’t be too much of a hassle. if there’s ever anything you really, really need but you are unable to get someone to drive you to buy it, it’s probably available at the sundry, the store next to the pit. they have deodorant, batteries, things like that, as does the bodega in benson to a certain extent. again, like mkm56 said, there are also plenty of cab companies–i don’t know if the others do, but willard’s cab, at least, takes deacon dollars. they also do special discounts and things for wake sudents, i believe, but i don’t know specifics. but my point in this rambling, awkward paragraph is that i never found my lack of car to hinder my ability to get off campus. my friends and i went out to dinner or lunch at least two or three times a week, and drove around aimlessly far more often than that. especially second semester, when the weather is fabulous; there were probably only a handful of occasions spring of my freshman year that i didn’t drive somewhere. (and for the record, my friends and i are much more productive than we sound.)

once more, good luck!, and i hope those sat scores you’ll be getting back soon turn out well. :)