Wake Forest

Winston-Salem institution

Wake Forest is a private university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, known for its undergraduate programs and competitive athletics in the ACC.

The name comes from the town of Wake Forest, North Carolina, where the university was originally located before relocating in 1956.

He got into Wake Forest on a tennis scholarship.

Related

football · college · university · campus · Tim Duncan · Chris Paul · Arnold Palmer · Baptists · quad · magnolias · gold · black · athletics · academics · law school · medical school · private · rivalry

Categories
Opposites
public vs. private university status

Wake ForestUNC Chapel Hill

North Carolina flagship campus

NC State · public university · state school · land-grant university · community college

ACC athletic conference rivalry

Wake ForestDuke

High-ranking noble title

NC State · Clemson · Virginia · UNC · North Carolina

university size and scale

Wake ForestOhio State

Major Columbus public university

Penn State · University of Michigan · UNC Chapel Hill

Family

wake, woke, woken, waking, wakes, awake, awaken, awakening, forest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G