S is a senior at Wake. I would describe the overall student body as very smart, active, successful, service oriented, and spirited. Lot of class presidents, vals, sals, team captains, leaders. Academics at Wake are quite challenging but the kids manage it well while doing lots of things. As an example, S is in a challenging major and does well while spending plenty of time participating in a business fraternity (leadership role), club baseball, intramural sports, mentoring younger students, and his first two yrs he worked in the Controller’s office 10 hours per week to cover his social money of which he spent regularly. He is fairly typical at Wake.
A unique or rather unusual characteristic of Wake is the combination of an LAC environment (small classes all taught by professors, close relationship with professors, residential & undergraduate emphasis which creates a tight knit community - required to live on campus three yrs) with a huge Power 5 sports program which gives it the best of both worlds. Tons of spirit and excitement of ACC sports, rivals, pride with that small school academic foundation. Smallest school in the Power 5.