Wake Forest University, NC
School Type
Private
Acceptance Rate
30%
Tuition
$51,400
Eligibility For Public Schools
N/A
International Students
N/A
US News Ranking
#27 in National Universities
Scholarships
Army ROTC Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
25-28
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Army ROTC scholarships are based on academic and extracurricular achievement as well as leadership potential. The four-year scholarships are awarded after national high school competition.
Davis Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Davis scholarship provides merit-based aid to one or more students from North Carolina. Winners demonstrate outstanding academic performance, diligence, integrity, character, leadership, and reasonable athletic competence.
George E. And Lila C. Bradford Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The George E. and Lila C. Bradford Scholarship is awarded to a student with an intent and capacity to prepare for a career in medicine. The scholarship is renewable for subsequent years subject to satisfactory academic achievement.
George Foster Hankins Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The George Foster Hankins Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship awarded to North Carolinians and children of alumni/alumnae (preference is given to residents of Davidson County, North Carolina).
Graylyn Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Full Ride plus
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Graylyn Scholarship is offered to one student each year and recognizes leadership and academic excellence, with funding provided by and in recognition of the Graylyn International Conference Center of Wake Forest University.
Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Graylyn Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
The Graylyn Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Graylyn Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end o
Guy T. Carswell Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Full Ride plus
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Guy T. Carswell Scholarships are awarded to students with outstanding qualities of academic promise, leadership, and talent. Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Carswell Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
Carswell Scholarships provide up to five scholarships to cover the annual cost of tuition, room and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Carswell Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Heritage Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Heritage Scholarships are awarded to students with special gifts in the liberal arts and sciences who have demonstrated their academic potential, critical curiosity, and passion for learning. The Heritage Scholarship was established in 2001 by an anonymous donor to encourage students with significant need, who have grown up in small towns, to consider attending Wake Forest. These scholarships are awarded to students with a commitment to sharing their special gifts through service, in the spirit of the University?s motto, Pro Humanitate.
The Heritage Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Holding Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Wake Forest awards one renewable Holding Scholarship to a student from North Carolina (with strong preference given to applicants from eastern North Carolina) who has shown strong academic talent and an exceptional promise in civic leadership. Holding Scholars have the opportunity to apply for summer grants for research, travel, and study.
The Holding Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Joseph G. Gordon Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Full Ride plus
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Wake Forest awards Joseph G. Gordon scholarships to students who show exceptional promise and achievement and who are members of constituencies traditionally underrepresented at Wake Forest.
Gordon Scholarships have been awarded since 1986, and up to five Gordon Scholars are chosen annually. Each Gordon Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room, and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Gordon Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project during each of the three summers between the first and senior years.
Finalists are invited to campus for interviews and are notified by the end of March.
Junius And Eliza P. Brown Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Junius and Eliza P. Brown Scholarships are awarded to North Carolinians with preference to residents of the town of Madison and Rockingham County.
K. Wayne Smith Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Wake Forest awards the K. Wayne Smith Scholarship to North Carolina residents, with preference to applicants from the counties of Catawba, Burke, Caldwell, and Alexander, and to children of full-time employees of OCLC, Inc. in Dublin Ohio.
The K. Wayne Smith Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Lelia And David Farr Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
$5,000
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Wake Forest University offers students who know that they have an interest in entrepreneurship the opportunity to participate in the Program in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship early in their college experience. The Lelia and David Farr Scholarship is awarded every four years to a student who shows outstanding potential in entrepreneurship.
Lelia And David Farr Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
$5,000
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Wake Forest University offers students who know that they have an interest in entrepreneurship the opportunity to participate in the Program in Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship early in their college experience. The Lelia and David Farr Scholarship is awarded every four years to a student who shows outstanding potential in entrepreneurship.
Leroy And Teresa Robinson Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
$2,000 up to full tuition
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Leroy and Teresa Robinson Scholarship Fund at Wake Forest provides scholarships to students from the high schools in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Preference is given to graduates of East Montgomery High School, but applications are encouraged from graduates of all schools in the county. The awards are based on the applicant?s academic achievement, diligence, integrity, character and leadership and range from $2,000 up to full tuition.
Marcus C. Miller Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Marcus C. Miller Scholarship recognizes students who have demonstrated ability in the innovative use of information technology prior to entering Wake Forest.
Nancy Susan Reynolds Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Full Ride plus
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Nancy Susan Reynolds Scholars must be not only excellent students and promising scholars, but also creative leaders who are able to influence others in directions likely to benefit society. They will have achieved unusual distinction in the classroom and beyond. Successful applicants have pursued the most challenging curriculum available to them and have achieved grade point averages and standardized test scores (if submitted) that place them in the top percentage in comparison to their peers. Further, Reynolds Scholars have typically been leaders in a variety of extracurricular pursuits and won recognition for their interests at the regional, state, or national level.
Reynolds Scholarships have been awarded since 1982, and up to five Reynolds Scholars are chosen annually. Each Reynolds Scholarship covers the annual cost of tuition, room, and board, plus $3,400 for personal expenses. Reynolds Scholars are encouraged to apply for up to $5,000 for a research, study, or travel project du
O.w. Wilson Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The O.W. Wilson Scholarship is awarded to students who have clearly superior records and excellent potential.
Randall Ledford Scholarship Ii
Type
Competitive
Amount
$9,800
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Department of Physics awards the Randall Ledford Scholarship II once every four years to a high school student interested in majoring in Physics at Wake Forest University. This is a four-year merit scholarship awarded to a promising incoming physics major attending Wake Forest University. The award is worth a minimum of $39,200, and only students who are attending high school in North Carolina are eligible to apply during the year it is available. We are now accepting applications for a scholarship to be awarded to a student entering in the fall of 2018. The deadline is February 15, 2018 for receipt of application.
Randall Ledford Scholarship Ii
Type
Competitive
Amount
Half tuition
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Department of Physics awards the Randall Ledford Scholarship I once every four years to a high school student interested in majoring in Physics at Wake Forest University. This is a four-year half-tuition scholarship awarded to a promising incoming physics major attending Wake Forest University. The award is worth a minimum of $91,000, and anyone is eligible to apply during the year it is available. The next time we will be able to accept applications is in the fall of 2019 for a scholarship to be awarded to a student entering in the fall of 2020.
Robert P. And Dorothy Caldwell Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The University offers both merit-based and need-based assistance through the Robert P. and Dorothy Caldwell Scholarship Fund, created in 1988 to honor the Caldwell family of Gastonia, North Carolina. Up to three scholarships are awarded annually. In the awarding of a portion of these funds, the Scholarship Committee gives preference to students from Gaston and Catawba (N.C.) Counties who need assistance in order to attend Wake Forest. Students completing the admissions application will be considered for the Caldwell awards, with values up to partial tuition.
Stamps Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Full Ride plus
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Stamps Scholarship is awarded to about ten entering first-year students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, a high degree of intellectual curiosity and scholarship, exceptional promise in leadership, service and social responsibility, perseverance, character, integrity, and innovation. Made possible thorough the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, and through matching funds from Wake Forest University benefactor Mr. Porter B. Byrum, this scholarship annually covers the cost of tuition, fees, room and board, and includes a $3,400 allowance for books and personal expenses. Scholars may receive up to $15,000 total over their four undergraduate years for approved travel or study projects.
William Louis Poteat Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The William Louis Poteat Scholarship is awarded to up to twenty entering needy and worthy first-year students who are active members of a North Carolina Baptist church. The award is based upon excellent academic achievement, promise of leadership, and involvement in one?s church, and recipients must show promise of making a significant contribution to church and society. The Poteat Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Zachary T. Smith Leadership Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Established in 1996 by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, the Zachary T. Smith Leadership Scholarships support North Carolinians based on need, leadership experience, and academic standing.
The Zachary T. Smith Scholarship is a competitive need-based scholarship. Applicants should complete both the CSS Profile and the FAFSA by January 1, so that need may be determined before the selection process is complete.
Presidential Scholarships For Distinguished Achievement
Type
Talent
Amount
$16,000
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
Twenty renewable scholarships of $16,000 each are awarded annually to students admitted to Wake Forest who possess exceptional talents in art, dance, debate, music, and theatre. Though Presidential Scholars need not plan to pursue a major in the area of their talent, they are expected to participate actively in that activity on campus. Interested students must be prepared to present evidence of outstanding talent and are asked by the Presidential Scholarship Committee for documentation of that talent (such as art portfolios, debate records, taped performances, etc.) and recommendations.
Bobbie Fletcher Memorial Scholarship
Type
Competitive
Amount
Varies
Required GPA
0
Required SAT
0
Required Act
0
Mid 50 ACT
28-32
Mid 50 SAT
SAT Math: 640-740
SAT Critical Reading: 600-700
SAT Writing: 620-710
Description
The Bobbie Fletcher Memorial Scholarship is awarded based upon ability and leadership to a female from North Carolina, possessing the qualities of thoughtfulness and determination. The scholarship is renewable for subsequent years subject to satisfactory academic achievement.
Thomas Chrobak, CCFS®
CERTIFIED COLLEGE FUNDING SPECIALIST®
Other
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