Early Decision
Wake Forest University Early Decision: no admit-rate breakdown published
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What is Wake Forest University's early decision acceptance rate?
Wake Forest University runs an Early Decision round but does not publish its counts, so there is no Early Decision acceptance rate to state, and this page does not estimate one. It also runs Early Action (not binding); its Early Decision round is binding.
Source: Wake Forest University's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Does applying early decision to Wake Forest University help?
Wake Forest University's own figures cannot answer that. It runs an Early Decision round but does not publish its counts, so there is no Early Decision rate to set against everyone else's. Without those counts, a claim that applying early here raises your odds is not one the school's own figures support.
Source: Wake Forest University's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Is early decision at Wake Forest University binding?
Yes. Early Decision is binding wherever it is offered, Wake Forest University included: you may apply Early Decision to only one school, and if admitted you commit to attend and withdraw your other applications. The usual exception is an aid offer your family cannot afford, so check the costs on this page before you apply.
Source: Wake Forest University's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
When is Wake Forest University's early decision deadline?
For the 2026-27 application cycle, Wake Forest University set its Early Decision deadline at Nov 15, 2026. Its Early Decision II round closes Jan 1, 2027. Regular Decision applications are due Jan 1, 2027. Early Decision is binding, so compare the costs on this page before that date, not after an offer arrives.
Source: Wake Forest University's admissions website and the Common App requirements grid, 2026-27 cycle, checked Sep 27, 2026.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1410–1520
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
Early Decision is binding, so accepting one ends the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages before that choice is made.
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard).
International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2017 to 2024, Wake Forest University's overall acceptance rate fell from 27.6% to 21.7%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. Wake Forest University’s filing