Social Scene at Wake?

pinkcupcake14
Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:42:27 +0000

“So you like get driven to most of the parties? Do you call the frat brothers to drive you to them?”

For the first semester, it’s very easy for everyone to get to parties. If it’s on campus, everyone is allowed in, and you don’t even need to call the brothers – they run shuttles constantly from the freshman dorms. After first semester, it’s a little harder to get rides. Girls always get rides, but guys have a bit of a tougher time – however, if you make friends in frats, it’s really not hard at all. Certain frats don’t care as much as others do. It’s sort of hard to explain unless you go here, but it’s literally impossible to go to a fraternity a lot and nottt make friends, you know? There’s one fraternity here that has “late night” which is basically a dance party that opens up late on most nights, and literally everyone is invited all of the time – plus it’s in walking distance from campus.

Some guys complain about getting rides to parties, but none of my guys friends ever really have a problem. Plus, you’ll make friends who are girls when you come to Wake, and you can definitely get a ride with them. Lounge parties are generally open to everyone, too. The one great thing about Wake that’s different than other schools (i.e. my state school) is that I’ve never had to pay to get into a party, and neither have my guy friends. When things are open, they’re open. Once again, I would definitely not be concerned about this. Even after rush this semester, my guy friends who didn’t rush still don’t have a problem partying at frats.

Summary: It’s easier to get to frat parties in the beginning of the year, but you should be able to go wherever you want. It’s better if you’re with girls or if you have friends in the frat, but both of these things happen naturally. Lounge parties are usually always open to everyone (especially on Seize the Quad!!) and I’ve never seen anyone pay to enter.

“Also how academic is the atmosphere at wake? do people try rly hard? is it cuthroat at all?”

I will not lie to you. Academics here are really hard. I came from a high school that is legitimately the best college preparation possible, and Wake is HARD. You will have a lot of homework, lots of tests, and lots of writing. However, everyone here can handle the workload – Wake will not accept you if you can’t. You learn a lot here. The same guys you see doing keg stands at frat parties are in the library the next day, reading a ridiculously thick book on philosophy. Everyone here loves the library and spends a good amount of time in it.

Do not come to Wake if you expect it to be one big party. People here take their work very seriously, and it’s a very competitive school. Unlike other top universities, though, Wake isn’t what you’d call “cutthroat”. People are always willing to help you if you need it. There are tutors available, your professors will always answer your emails and have reliable office hours, and the people in your class will NOT screw you over. It is very difficult to get good grades at Wake, but the people here (99.9% of the time) are genuinely nice people. I’ve never felt like other students have wanted to screw me over here. Even in my one class that’s on a bell curve, I’ve received ridiculous amounts of help with the material. I was absent one day from class and TWO different people called me and asked if I needed a copy of the notes.

In short: Academics = hard. If you aren’t willing to work, don’t go to a top 30 school. You will work for your grades but when it pays off you’ll feel 100x better about it. Students = nice. Wake = not cutthroat. :)