February 2023 Scholar Blog

College LAUNCH Scholars discovered Wake Forest University for their Saturday Summit on February 18th, 2023. WFU Admissions representatives hosted information sessions for Scholars and their parents to ask burning questions about financial aid and the admissions process. Scholars also got a tour of campus and visited the dining hall for lunch. To end the day, Scholars heard from a College LAUNCH alumni panel of students who now attend Wake Forest. 

We asked LAUNCH Scholars to list their top 10 things or moments of the day. Read their responses below.

Carlton Kimani

1. Learning that you can bring your car on campus first year
2. The deli section at the pit
3. Wake Forest has free laundry
4. Talking to my tour guide about the pre-med track
5. The cookies at the vegan section in the pit
6. Meeting Mason Goodwyn
7. Learning about financial aid and scholarship opportunities
8. Being a mock admissions officer {during the mock admissions activity led by the WFU admissions team}
9. Learning about Wake Forest’s majors
10. Seeing the Wake Forest campus

Jia Patel

1. The alumni student panel
2. Pretending to be admissions counselors 
3. Eating pancakes in the dining hall
4. Walking across the green 
5. My tour guide walking backward and never tripping once 
6. Me and my best friend (Hannah) walking across the campus together
7. Hearing about the library 
8. Learning about campus traditions and practices 
9. The beautiful trees and greenery
10. The gorgeous weather

Zoe Dellinger

1. My tour guide
2. Walking around campus
3. Hearing about former College Launch students’ experiences
4. The beautiful campus
5. Pancakes in the dining hall
6. My new Wake Forest t-shirt 
7. The library
8. Learning about my tour guide’s Wake experience
9. The quad
10. The Wake traditions my tour guide told me about

Senay Hailu 

1. I liked the library and hearing about different options of where to study 
2. I liked the tour guide
3. I liked being on a college campus 
4. I liked the food 
5. I liked seeing the diversity of students in pit 
6. I liked the feeling of being at Wake 
7. I liked seeing the cars 
8. I liked hearing the historical reasonings behind buildings
9. I liked being with my friend on tour 
10. I liked the bus

Camila Villegas

1. The tour guide!!! 
2. The campus 
3. Library 
4. Sorority spaces
5. The food 
6. The drive up was fun
7. Talking to admissions 
8. Talking to students (alumni panel) 
9. The friends I made
10. The quad area 

Nattellie Anderson

1. Financial aid opportunities 
2. The alumni student panel 
3. The college essay activity 
4. The campus tour
5. Talking with Azaria about college life and majors
6. Eating in the pit
7. Learning more about the application process 
8. Learning about what not to do when writing your college essays 
9. Being on a college campus 
10. Learning about some of the opportunities that Wake offers, studying abroad!

Owais Kamran

1. Food in the pit
2. Walking around campus and learning about various places like the library, gym, different dorms, etc
3. Getting an insight into college applications to see more perspectives about how we should present ourselves to colleges
4. Learning about specific financial application information like sticker prices or early-action vs early-decision
5. The photographers flying drone
6. Talking with Mr. Cesar and Ms. Nikki
7. Learning from Wake Forest undergraduate students about what Wake Forest has to offer and their journey into college life
8. Understanding the multitude of pathways available for a student to succeed in college, such as dorms and residential options, transportation options, easy accessibility to an immensely large number of books, and career clusters and programs that pair well together in Wake
9. Learning about the rich traditions and culture of Wake Forest from our tour guide, like the Brian Piccolo cancer fundraising or the rivalry with other colleges for sports
10. Gaining connections to people who I can reach out to for future college application information, help, and guidance in general.

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