Transferring to Wake Forest: your chances, deadlines and credits
Transfer acceptance rate: 37.3%
Transfer acceptance rate
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
For fall 2025, Wake Forest admitted 173 of 464 transfer applicants (37.3%).
Checked November 9, 2026. Competitive, many seats
- Fall 2027 deadline
- Mar 15, 2027Source, 2026-2027
- Interview
- Not offeredSource, 2026-2027
Wake Forest transfer acceptance rate
Wake Forest's transfer acceptance rate for fall 2025 was 37.3%. 59 transfer students enrolled. The first-year rate the same year was 20.8%.
Source: Official school data report, section D, 2025-2026
The Common Data Set is the official data report colleges publish each year.
Transfer and first-year applicants are different groups. Use the first-year rate as context only.
One rate covers every college and major here. Your program may be more or less competitive than this.
Wake Forest says the number of transfers admitted varies from semester to semester with current enrollment. Traditionally it admits more transfers for fall than for spring.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
Our read: The count above is for fall. Spring odds can look different, and the pages we opened give no spring numbers.
What GPA do you need?
Our read: A C average is a rule for being considered. It is not the level that gets admitted, and Wake Forest publishes no GPA for admitted transfers on the pages we opened.
What Wake Forest looks for
Wake Forest's stated rule is an overall average of at least C on all college work attempted. You must also be a graduate of a standard junior college or provide a certificate of honorable dismissal stating you are eligible to enter your last college.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
Wake Forest does not offer interviews to transfer applicants. The pages list no optional items for transfer students.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027; Wake Forest apply page, undated page
If you took any college coursework after high school, you must apply as a transfer. Transfers have the same six-semester residency requirement as first-years, though terms at other schools may count toward it.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
Our read: Because the pages list no essay, recommendations or test requirement for transfers, the application you open is the source of truth. Do not assume those items are absent until you see the application checklist.
Will your credits transfer?
What you must finish there
Transfer students have the same six-semester residency requirement as first-year students, though terms at other schools may count toward it.
Source, 2026-2027
Wake Forest has no articulation agreements. After you are accepted, the chair of the department where you want credit makes the decision, and the chair may limit how much credit you get.
Source: Wake Forest registrar transfer credit portal, undated page
The 2025-2026 report lists a C as the lowest grade that may transfer, and 60 from a two-year and 60 from a four-year institution. The report leaves the unit blank.
Source: Wake Forest Common Data Set, 2025-2026
Our read: You learn what counts only after you commit, and the decision sits with each department. Get the syllabus for every course now, and ask each department you care about what it accepts.
Transfer requirements
There is no interview.
The Apply page lists the application, college transcripts from all colleges attended, your final high school transcript, and a Dean's Statement due upon enrollment. The fee is $85, with waivers available. You may use the Common App, the Coalition Application or Wake Forest's own printed application.
Source: Wake Forest apply page, undated page; Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
A one-day orientation is required for incoming transfers, shortly before classes start each term.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
To earn a second undergraduate degree you must apply as a transfer and finish at least half of your degree, and half of your major and minor, at Wake Forest.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
Transfer deadlines for fall 2027
For fall 2027 entry, the application deadline is March 15, 2027.
Source: Wake Forest University transfer information, 2026-2027
- You send or do something
- The school answers
- March
- May
Two terms. Spring 2027 entry was due November 1, 2026, with decisions by mid-December. Fall 2027 entry is due March 15, 2027, with decisions by mid-May.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
The Common Data Set for 2025-2026 says to contact the admissions office for transfer closing dates.
Source: Wake Forest Common Data Set, 2025-2026
Other terms and dates
- Spring 2027 decisionsBy mid-December 2026Source, 2026-2027
Transfer essays and supplements
The Apply page lists no transfer essay, prompt or word limit. It does not address recommendations for transfers either.
Source: Wake Forest apply page, undated page
Our read: If your application platform shows a personal essay, write it as a plain answer to why you want to move and what you will do at Wake Forest. We have no prompt to quote.
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If it does not work out
Our read: The pages we opened say nothing about financial aid or scholarships for transfers. Ask the aid office before you count on money.
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillSimilar odds
- New York UniversitySimilar odds
- Boston UniversitySimilar odds
- University of California, San DiegoTakes more transfers
Questions students ask
Can I start in the spring?
Yes. Spring 2027 entry had a November 1, 2026 deadline. Wake Forest admits more transfers for fall than spring.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
Do I get an interview?
No. Wake Forest does not offer interviews to transfer applicants.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
What is the minimum GPA?
An overall average of at least C on all college work attempted. The 2025-2026 report lists a 2.0 minimum college GPA.
Source: Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027; Wake Forest Common Data Set, 2025-2026
How much does the application cost?
$85, and Wake Forest offers fee waivers.
Source: Wake Forest apply page, undated page
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Sources
- Official school data report, 2025-2026
- Wake Forest transfer admissions, 2026-2027
- Wake Forest apply page, undated page
- Wake Forest registrar transfer credit portal, undated page
- Wake Forest Common Data Set, 2025-2026
Numbers come from official reports, read by our tools and checked. Notes were drafted with AI tools from the official pages linked beside them. A person has not reviewed this guide yet. Admission decisions belong to each college, and no one can promise one.