Wake Forest University: Narrative Description

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WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY B-6

Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Tel: (336)758-5000; Admissions: (336)758-5201; Fax: (336)758-6074; Web Site: http://www.wfu.edu/

Description: Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1834. Setting: 340-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $725.2 million. Total enrollment: 6,451. Faculty: 552 (445 full-time, 107 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 5,752 applied, 45% were admitted. 65% from top 10% of their high school class, 91% from top quarter, 98% from top half. 4 National Merit Scholars, 29 class presidents, 93 valedictorians, 28 student government officers. Full-time: 3,984 students, 51% women, 49% men. Part-time: 47 students, 40% women, 60% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 26 other countries, 74% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 7% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 3% 25 or older, 75% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 93% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; business/marketing; communications/communication technologies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Salem College (NC). Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT I. Recommended: SAT II: Subject Tests. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $36,310 includes full-time tuition ($28,210), mandatory fees ($100), and college room and board ($8000). College room only: $4900. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 135 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 36% of eligible men and 51% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Union Network, Volunteer Service Corps, Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, student government. Major annual events: Brian Piccolo Cancer Fund Drive, Project Pumpkin, homecoming. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 3,000 college housing spaces available; 75 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Z. Smith Reynolds Library plus 3 others with 923,123 books, 2 million microform titles, 16,448 serials, 21,055 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $6.4 million. 150 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Wake Forest is located in Piedmont North Carolina, an hour from the Blue Ridge mountains, in the northwestern suburb of Winston-Salem, a city of 150,000 dating from the 1700s. Wake Forest shares a close working relationship with Salem College, Winston-Salem State University, and the North Carolina School of the Arts. Winston-Salem is a city of colleges, business, recreation, and the arts. The numerous points of interest include Reynolda House and Gardens, Old Salem, Wachovia Museum, Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Nature Science Museum, Tanglewood Estates Park, two annual craft fairs and numerous craft and art galleries.

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