Wake Forest Admissions is here to help you navigate the process of choosing your college home. We want to make this a smooth experience, as we get to know each other.
Here’s what you probably won’t hear at college recruiting fairs: When it comes to education, you get what you give. At the risk of sounding dramatic, how you approach this truth means everything.
We’re called Work Forest for a reason. In many ways, you are about to trade comfort for trepidation, familiarity for the unknown. It’s going to be hard. And fun. That’s entirely the point. Our end of the bargain is to put everything we have into an experience and environment designed to challenge you completely. Yours is to give nothing less than your all.
If you find yourself excited by the thought of joining a community of new people and ideas, endless challenge and a chance to see exactly what you’re made of, you just might be a Deac.
First-year applicants (high-school seniors) may apply for Early Decision, Early Action, or Regular Decision. Early Decision is a binding agreement to enroll if you are admitted.
Deadline to apply: November 15
Early Decision I is for those who know Wake Forest is their first choice and are ready to commit. You will hear back from us on a rolling basis.
Deadline to apply: November 15
Early Action for First-Generation College Students gives first-generation college students an admissions decision by January 15. Unlike Early Decision admissions, the Early Action decision is non-binding. Admitted first-generation students have until May 1 to decide if they will enroll at Wake Forest.
Deadline to apply: January 1
Early Decision II gives you another opportunity to show your strong interest in Wake Forest and to hear an admissions decision from us on February 15.
Deadline to apply: January 1
We’ve designed our application to allow you to show how you’ve challenged yourself through your high-school years, both in and out of the classroom. You will hear an admissions decision from us around April 1.
A complete list of items that you will need to include as part of your application for admission are included on our Apply page.
Early Decision, Early Decision II, Regular Decision: so much jargon, and what does it all mean?! Thank goodness Senior Associate Dean of Admissions Dawn Calhoun stopped by local TV station WGHP to explain it all.
It’s a wonderful experience to walk the Magnolia Quad, visit Wait Chapel, and speak with the faculty, staff, and students who make Wake the special community that it is.
Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center
P.O. Box 7305 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
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A Private Liberal Arts University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina / Founded 1834 / Pro Humanitate
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