Applying to Wake Forest

Wake Forest University's acceptance rate is 21.37% for 2023 admission. A total of 16,857 students applied and 3,602 were admitted to the school. Judging by the acceptance rate, it is relatively hard (lower than the national average) to get into Wake Forest.

Wake Forest's acceptance rate is the 4th lowest among 58 North Carolina colleges with competitive admission.

To apply to Wake Forest, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).

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Admission Statistics

For the academic year 2022-23, the acceptance rate of Wake Forest University is 21.37% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 38.03%. 7,697 men and 9,160 women applied to Wake Forest and 1,607 men and 1,995 women students were accepted.

Among them, 621 men and 749 women were enrolled in the school (Fall 2022). The following table and chart show the admission statistics including the number of applicants, acceptance rate, and yield at Wake Forest.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics at Wake Forest
	Total	Men	Women	Another Gender	Gender Unknown
Applicants	16,857	7,697	9,160	0	0
Admitted	3,602	1,607	1,995	0	0
Enrolled	1,370	621	749	0	0
Acceptance Rate	21.37%	20.88%	21.78%	-	-
Yield	38.03%	38.64%	37.54%	-	-

Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)

Wake Forest University 2023 Acceptance Rate By Gender chart

Application Requirements

It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Rank, High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.

The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at Wake Forest. The english proficiency test is reqired .

The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Wake Forest University.

For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .

Wake Forest Admission Requirements
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Required
High School Record (or Transcript)	Required
Completion of College Preparatory Program	Considered, if submitted
Recommendations	Required
Formal Demonstration of Competencies	Not Considered
SAT / ACT	Considered, if submitted
English Proficiency Test	Required
Other Test (Wonderlic,WISC-III,etc)	Not Considered
Work experience	Considered, if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Considered, if submitted

General Admissions Information

The application fee is $85 for undergraduate schools and $80 for graduate schools of Wake Forest University. The next table provides general admission information for applying to Wake Forest.

Admission Information for Applying to Wake Forest
Open Admission Policy	No
Undergraduate Application Fees	$85
Graduate Application Fees	$80
Admission Information	admissions.wfu.edu/
Online Application	admissions.wfu.edu/
Calendar System	Semester
Credits Accepted	Dual Credits, Advanced placement (AP) Credits
Degree Offered	Bachelor, Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master, Doctoral (Research), Doctoral (Professional Practice)

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