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- Wake Forest University's main campus, or Reynolda Campus, is located on more than 340 wooded acres in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston-Salem was ranked as one of America's Top 50 best cities by BusinessWeek in 2011.
- 13 Wake Forest students have been named Rhodes Scholars since 1986.
- The average ratio of students to faculty is 11:1.
- Wake Forest was the first top 30 university to make standardized tests optional in the admissions process. This policy resulted in a 30% increase in diversity in the undergraduate population.
- Wake Forest is ranked 3rd in the nation by Open Doors for the number of students who study abroad.
- Since 1996, U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings of colleges and universities placed Wake Forest University as one of the top 30 national universities. In 1996, 2002, 2010 and 2011, Wake Forest was ranked 25th, and in 2013 Wake Forest was ranked 23rd. The U.S.News rankings are available on www.usnews.com.
- More than 50 percent of undergraduates volunteer in the Winston-Salem community and around the world.
- Wake Forest University was one of the first universities to provide all incoming students laptop computers as part of tuition (initiated in 1996).
- Wake Forest University is a primary leader in development of Piedmont Triad Research Park, a 280-acre biotechnology initiative located in downtown Winston-Salem.
- The Wake Forest Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials works with the Department of Defense and several industry leaders to transfer its work to practical applications in manufacturing and national defense.
- Wake Forest owns 4 residential study centers abroad: Casa Artom in Venice, Worrell House in London, Flow House in Vienna and Casa Dingledine in Nicaragua. Wake Forest offers more than 400 semester, summer and year-long study abroad programs in 200 cities in more than 70 countries worldwide. More than 60 percent of Wake Forest undergraduates take advantage of these opportunities.
- The Z.Smith Reynolds Library houses more than 1 million volumes.
- Most undergraduates live on campus within walking distance of classrooms, dining and athletic facilities.
- Wake Forest is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- During the academic year, the bells in the carillon of Wait Chapel ring daily in the late afternoon.
- Reynolda Village is a short walk fromcampus and consists of shops housed in buildings that once supported the estate of the R.J. Reynolds family.
- Reynolda Gardens are made of 125 acres of woodlands, wetlands, fields and formal gardens. Students and the community enjoy exercising and relaxing in this peaceful environment.
- Reynolda House is known as the Reynolda House Museum of American Art and is the former home of two generations of Reynolds. The home and art collection are open to the public.
- Referred to by students as " Graylyn ," Graylyn International Conference Center is the former home of Bowman Gray, Sr. and his family. It has served many uses for both the Medical School and Wake Forest University.
- WAKE Washington D.C. is called "an academic internship and immersion into the life and work and culture of the Nation's Capital." Semester and summer internships are great opportunities for students to learn about themselves and Washington, DC.
