<p>This would be pretty good info for prospective 2011 applicants as it highlights what Wake looks for in an applicant:
<a href=“http://ogb.wfu.edu/?id=3150_0_9_0_M[/url]”>http://ogb.wfu.edu/?id=3150_0_9_0_M</a></p>
<p>Thank you for sharing that wonderful article because now I can predict, without a doubt, that I will be rejected. </p>
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<li><p>My short answer for the “what outrages me” question, I answered in the opposite way than what is preferred. I instead choose something that wasn’t cliche or deep such as “I am outraged by the violence committed against women in Dafur.” Instead, I talked about something on a lighter note.</p></li>
<li><p>I sent a resume. My college admissions officer told me to send one. I suppose Wake won’t even bother to look at all four pages of it. Oh well…</p></li>
<li><p>Finally, I choose Bill Gates for the greatest intellect of our time. Can I get any more ordinary?</p></li>
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<p>sigh…</p>
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<p>or that you didnt sleep in hs</p>
<p>If it makes you feel any better,…I’m in the same boat! I, too, sent in a resume of my activities and awards. It’s just frustrating that they wouldn’t be explicit in that they absolutely don’t want to receive that so that students know not to send one. Ooo well…! Anyone in the past made that mistake? So, my understanding is admission decisions are generally end of March and merit-money decisions are shortly thereafter…?</p>
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<p>I didn’t realize they were recruiting beauty pageant contestants. </p>
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<p>wt f? What does the captain of the mock trial team do anyways? Does he even break a sweat? </p>
<p>In general, I thought this article made the admissions officers at Wake sound really arrogant and condescending. Wake has definitely rubbed me the wrong way lately. Even their basketball team sucks now.</p>
<p>And by the way, people who don’t use their blinkers still outrage me ten times more than any idiots in Dafur.</p>
<p>ouchies…</p>
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Hmm…that’s quite an ignorant thing to say. So your petty problems matter more than genocide? That makes a lot of sense. Perhaps Wake is the wrong school for you. In case you didn’t know their motto is Pro Humanitate, for humanity. </p>
<p>I don’t think this makes the Wake admissions officers sound “arrogant” or “condescending”. Instead, this article made me reaffirm my decision to apply there. So basically Wake has “rubbed you the wrong way” due to a lackluster basketball season and because they think genocide is more of a problem than blinkers.</p>
<p>I greatly enjoyed the article. Thanks for sharing. </p>
<p>But on the other hand I wrote about something slightly superficial for the what outrages you question. </p>
<p>It means a lot to me that they care a lot about the writing, because for me that was the most important and personal part of the application. I put a lot of thought and effort into those essys and its nice to see it means something to them.</p>
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<p>First off, you’re absolutely right. Ignorant and stupid. My b.</p>
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<p>Ummm, were we reading the same article??? If I remember correctly I think you’ve already been accepted, so perhaps you enjoy the Wake adcoms bashing their applicants from the secure vantage point of acceptance, but this is the same article that made the first responder reply upon reading it:</p>
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<p>When an article produces that effect, the school is either really good or really arrogant. I think we all know which one we’re dealing with. (I’m kidding, but honestly, if I was a dean of admissions, that’s not exactly the first response I’d want someone to have, especially someone who liked my school enough to apply in the first place.)</p>
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<p>Are you kidding me?? That isn’t condescending???</p>
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<p>a.) Going 2-14 in the ACC is not lackluster, it’s atrocious.
b.) What they believe is worse (between blinkers and genocide) doesn’t concern me. Ripping on applicants because they put what genuinely makes them upset and not what Ms. America would say does. It really is a good article to share though. Next year’s applicants will now know to respond with “world hunger” rather than something like “the quality of teaching at my high school.” Good stuff to know.</p>
<p>Wake is still my first choice and I’m known to have a dissenting opinion on most issues so don’t take this too personally or literally. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Actually they are 3-13 in the ACC with the win over FSU!!!
<a href=“http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html[/url]”>http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/acc-m-baskbl-body.html</a>
Go demon deacons!</p>
<p>oh I can see them rolling the quad right now…and going insane about it</p>
<p>My year, they didn’t have the question “what outrages you.” Instead, they asked for what cause would we lead a march on Washington. In my opinion, the question that we were asked more definitely told applicants that they wanted a fairly serious answer. I mean, I never even considered putting a fairly flippant answer to a question that was that serious. I can see myself going either way when telling what outrages me.</p>
<p>I was interested to see, though, that they put that much emphasis on the short answers. I’d always suspected that they played a large part in admissions decisions, but I never knew for sure. I should also say that the article didn’t come across as arrogant to me.</p>
<p>I think the context of the resume quote has been overlooked. The application to WFU instructs the student to fill in the blanks with your EC’s in order of their interest to you IN LIEU of an attached resume. When my family visited WFU, the Admissions Counselor told us this helps them see what is most important to the student, instead of having a list of dozens of activities in which the student has participated. </p>
<p>Just a thought…</p>
<p>And I don’t think it means they don’t look at your resume if you send one, it just means that they want to see what has been most valuable to you.</p>
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<p>You seem to be very knowledgeable about Wake Forest and their admissions process. It is truly my dream to attend Wake and I would do anything to attend. According to that article, I seemed to have answered the questions right, have a few “talents” (music, athletics, etc.), but it gave me a few impressions that I just wanted to question:</p>
<p>1)Will strong short answers/involvement with the community balance out poor SAT scores/GPA?</p>
<p>2)Say I was captain of my school lacrosse team. Am I really at a disadvantage when being compared to a mock trial or “It’s Academic!” captain?</p>
<p>3)They mentioned in the article that the next to attend the school on the wait-list are usually the ones that have the most interest in the school. What would be the best way to tell Wake that they are my NUMBER ONE CHOICE? (e-mail, interview, letter, etc.?)</p>
<p>4)The article also mentioned that all of the admissions are done regionally. How does the MD/PA/VA (Baltimore, Philadelphia, and DC) rank in competition?</p>
<p>Willmingtonwave, any input to these questions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot and go Deacons!</p>
<p>1) I think it depends on how strong your short answers/service is and how poor your GPA/SAT’s are. My GPA was not very good (93.4) weighted with mostly honors/5 AP classes, but I did have an extreme upward trend: (93~, 92~, 95.5~, 98~). My SAT’s weren’t amazing either, 1320 with a 660 writing, so you definately have to be in the ballpark for those areas. They are very service orientated, and although I didn’t send out my application until October I started my essays during the summer and had them reviewed by fellow CCers, my principle (a Wake Alumni), my English teachers, etc. </p>
<p>2) I think in this article, that is being taken out of context. It’s certainly not going to hurt you, but athletics is pretty ordinary EC’s as well as NHS and Key Club. My EC’s weren’t that interesting, but I did start a drive to send back-to-school supplies to Antigua, had a small eBay business, held a full time job since I was 14.</p>
<p>3) This is where I think I was viewed as a strong applicant. I visited Wake Forest during the summer before my Junior Year, and before my Senior year when I also interviewed. I told them they were my #1 choice by applying single choice early decision (which can be done as early as Junior Year graduation). This means you apply early against a smaller number of applicants, which should work in your favor. You are bound to attend Wake if they accept you. I also wrote a letter explaining my desire to attend Wake Forest and explained some of the flaws on my application. I also sent in additional letters of recommendation from my priest.</p>
<p>4) You can check out their factbook to see geographical diversity:
<a href=“Home - Office of Institutional Research”>Home - Office of Institutional Research;
<p>Good luck 
I’d be happy to answer any more questions.</p>
<p>LR22–
If it makes you feel better, my application was basically the same content as yours. I wrote that
- I am enraged by people’s apathy
- Stephen Hawking is the greatest intellect
- and I attached a resume. </p>
<p>However, apparently they really loved my app because I was offered a Carswell scholarship. So, I wouldn’t take that article too seriously.</p>
<p>You probably had killers essays, they really count there. When my son ws being interviewed, I asked one of the admissions counselors (it was a little late for advice by then :0) what REALLY made the difference with so many outstanding prospects. He said “we look for essays that really talk to us”. Good luck if you attend!</p>