Wake Forest Business School Undergraduate Program of 2016-2017
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- Wake Forest School of Business – Farrell Hall
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- “Built around a “living room” concept that brings faculty and students together in new ways, the world-class facility was designed to include flexible classrooms and collaborative spaces, allowing students the opportunity to learn intimately and intuitively within a shared space.” – WFU
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- “The new business building, Farrell Hall, has an average classroom seating of 32, designed with wakes high attention to the individual in mind.” – Dr. Dickson
The Wake Forest School of Business recently made its decisions regarding admissions for the undergraduate program of 2016-2017. Emails released between Feb. 10 and Feb. 15 informed students whether they were accepted on the condition that they continued to perform well during the fall semester of 2016, deferred and given a chance to reapply after the fall semester, or rejected and advised to evaluate other opportunities at Wake Forest to help attain their goals.
Admissions status was based on completion of MTH 111 or 112, ECN 150, and ACC 111, the GPA for these core classes, and cumulative GPA. The process is fairly competitive due to only having 265 seats available and approximately 350 applicants each year. The average GPA for the undergraduate program of 2015-2016 was a 3.2 for core classes and 3.5 for cumulative according to Betsy Hoppe, Executive Director of the Undergraduate Program.
“The key traits that the program looks for in applicants are analytical skills which are reflected in the focus on Mathematics, Economics, and Accounting courses and hardworking which is reflected in overall GPA,” said Pat Dickson, Associate Dean of the Undergraduate Program. Dr. Dickson led the business school’s sophomore orientation on Feb. 21 in Broyhill Auditorium.
Wake Forest international student from Beijing, China, Anling Deng, was accepted on Feb. 11 and stated, “I was not really surprised, but relieved after getting accepted. I don’t know anyone who got rejected.” Deng is aiming to be an auditor working in the U.S. and was attracted to the business school due to holding top pass rates on the CPA exam among all U.S. institutions, and it’s #1 ranking for academic quality by Bloomberg in 2014. Deng is one among many international students drawn towards Wake Forest’s Business School by its accolades.
The undergraduate program offers Accountancy, Business Enterprise Management, Finance, and Mathematical Business majors. Dr. Dickson stated that all of the programs are equal in quality and there are multiple paths one can take to get where they want in the business world. Dr. Dickson also included that one of the strengths of the Wake Forest Business School is its close connection to the liberal arts side of the school, giving students “the best of both worlds.” In the past few years, leadership and communication skills have been implemented into the curriculum for every business school class. Changes are also constantly made to the undergraduate program based on what the market wants and what qualities employers are looking for.
Wake Forest sophomore, Dean Beckford, who was deferred from the business school said, “I was missing a required course for the Mathematical Business program, but I am not worried.” Beckford believes after the completion of this fall semester, he will be accepted.
For those rejected, Dr. Dickson who majored and received a PhD in communications recommends, “work hard no matter what you are majoring in, be passionate about your studies, employers can teach you their trade provided that you are passionate and a critical thinker.” Dan Feldstein who was the featured speaker for orientation, is the Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Red Ventures which accepted 35-40 Wake Forest students in 2015, half of them being from the liberal arts division of Wake Forest. Dr. Dickson emphasizes that any major can get you to where you want in life.
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