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FactsSlang
- The Cock - Babcock Residence Hall.
- Divisionals - Wake's core curriculum that everyone loves to hate.
- The Libe - ZSR Library
- Mag Quad - Where most academic buildings are located.
- North Campus - Anything north of Wait Chapel.
- P-Town - Refers to the relative isolation of Piccolo and Palmer dorms.
- Parking Nazis - Any Wake police officer.
- The Pit - The main dining hall
- The Quad - Technically the Reynolda Quad, where Wait Chapel is.
- Screamin' Demons - Student fans section.
- South Campus - Anything south of Reynolda.
- Townies - People who live in Winston-Salem who annoyingly show up at various Wake Forest events.
Things I Wish I Knew Before Coming To School
- Bring rainboots. It doesn’t rain a lot, but the puddles are awful.
- How conservative the students are.
- How hard the workload is.
- How little diversity the campus has in comparison to schools of the same caliber.
- How to manage time better
- How much influence Greek life has on campus.
- Just because Wake’s in the south and there are beaches a few hours away doesn’t mean that winter doesn’t happen here. Bring a heavy coat!
- Meet with you professors. Grade deflation exists here, and professors are more likely to help you out when they actually know you.
- The social scene is all frats. If you are into dance clubs, you will have to drive to another city. If you are really into dance clubs, don’t come here.
Tips to Succeed
- Actually read your textbooks---don’t skim them.
- Become active in at least one campus group.
- Check your e-mail at least 10 times a day.
- Don't slack off---it will hurt your GPA a lot.
- Get to know your professors because their help is valuable.
- Go to class.
- If you aren't interested in pursuing a class but need to take it to fulfill requirements, take the easiest level possible.
- Pick classes you actually like.
- Research your professors on www.virtualratings.com.
- Take a wide array of classes to find your interests.
- Try to get some sleep every---it's more important than you think!
Urban Legends
- Admissions officers factor physical appearance into the application process.
- The administration is a puppet-regime run by tobacco companies.
- There is a media conspiracy intended to undermine coverage of WFU sports.
- There is a series of cold-war era nuclear fallout shelters under south campus.
Traditions
- Greek Week - Greek Week is an annual event where WFU’s Greek organizations compete in various athletic, performance, and charitable competitions to support a local charitable organization. Every April, the fraternities and sororities compete to raise money for a good cause and see which fraternity/sorority combination will be crowned champions of Greek Week.
- Lighting of the Quad - By the time finals roll around, students are ready for school to be finished. To brighten up their spirits, the annual Lighting of the Quad is a celebration of multiple holiday stories of light, culminating with the lighting of a huge Christmas tree on the Main Quad. While attendants are enjoying gingerbread and hot cider, campus a cappella groups serenade them with an arrangement of well-known holiday songs.
- Moravian Love Feast - To honor the first European settlers in Winston-Salem, Wake Forest holds an annual love feast for the Moravians, a people from southern Germany, which incorporates Christmas music, candlelight, and a feast featuring many traditional Moravian dishes fused with contemporary Christmas spirit.
- Quad Streaking - Wake Forest has a fairly strange tradition of streaking the main quad during finals. It’s not uncommon to witness packs of students wildly charging through campus on almost any night of those respective weeks. Considered a way to blow off some steam built up over hours in the library, a naked run in early December will certainly do the trick.
- Rolling the Quad - Immediately following any major athletic victory, hordes of students mass upon the main quad and proceed to thoroughly coat every tree in a thick layer of toilet paper. In many cases, especially during successful seasons, the grounds crew never bothers to take the paper off, seeing that the campus will assuredly be rolled again.
- Senior Orations - Each year, at the Honors and Awards Convocation held the Sunday before Commencement, three graduating seniors read essays they have written on topics of their choosing. Typically, each five- to seven-minute essay will critique some aspect of culture, world events, or higher education, or describe an insight or epiphany gleaned from the author’s college experience.
- Springfest - Student Government and Student Union co-sponsor this weeklong week of springtime fun. The weeklong festival consists of a carnival, street vendors, a major musical act, free food, contests, and a dance. It’s always a great way to kick off the spring and relieve the stress of midterms.
- Wake the Library - During finals week, expect to move out of your dorm and into the library. To ease the transition, the ZSR Library stays open 24 hours per day and serves students free coffee and food to keep them functioning during what students so endearingly call hell week.
School Spirit
Wake Forest is bursting at the seams with an overwhelming sense of school spirit. The major roots of this are, of course, the strong athletic programs on campus. Basketball especially seems to drag even the most lukewarm fan out to the stadium to cheer on the Demon Deacons. It’s extremely common to see students wearing clothing that bears the WFU logo, so much so that we may appear like some sort of a cult at times. The vast majority of students on campus appear to be exceptionally proud of the Wake Forest name, and alumni donate back to the school in droves. During the popular homecoming games for both football and basketball, school spirit reaches a meteoric high.
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