Wake Forest University
Location: Winstom Salem, NC (Urban)
School Type: Private Institution
Program Website: MD | MD-PhD
SDN SchoolsDB Profile: WFUSM
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Historical applications
MDApplicants archive · MD
Wake Forest University
3,353 historical application reports
1998-2020 reported application submission years
See application reports by year
| Year | Application reports |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 |
| 1999 | 5 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2001 | 25 |
| 2002 | 111 |
| 2003 | 137 |
| 2004 | 217 |
| 2005 | 297 |
| 2006 | 337 |
| 2007 | 349 |
| 2008 | 395 |
| 2009 | 332 |
| 2010 | 170 |
| 2011 | 230 |
| 2012 | 179 |
| 2013 | 142 |
| 2014 | 132 |
| 2015 | 128 |
| 2016 | 54 |
| 2017 | 57 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 13 |
Some reports have missing or unclear dates, or too few applicants to display by year.
Reported outcomes
Recorded application steps and outcomes.
- Primary submitted
- 3,271
- Secondary completed
- 2,230
- Interview invitation
- 661
- Interview attended
- 606
- Waitlisted
- 283
- Accepted
- 231
- Withdrawn
- 471
- Rejected
- 1,464
One report may include several outcomes. Earlier steps may be inferred from later outcomes. Missing outcomes do not mean an applicant was rejected. These counts are not school acceptance rates.
Reported GPA
Median scores on a 4.0 scale.
- Overall GPA
- 3.653,110 applicants
- Science GPA
- 3.603,101 applicants
Each applicant counts once per score.
Stored MCAT totals
- Old MCAT (3-45)
- 32median · 3,104 applicants
- Modern MCAT (472-528)
- 513median · 3,177 applicants
Old and modern scales stay separate. Totals are used as stored and may include legacy MDApplicants conversions.
Who shared their experience?
Original public profile information, counted once per applicant in each category. Groups with fewer than 3 applicants are not shown. Lists show up to 8 reported categories.
37 median age at the profile snapshot · 1,318 applicants. This is not age at application.
Gender
- Male
- 1,957
- Female
- 1,282
Ethnicity
- Caucasian
- 2,000
- East Asian
- 449
- South Asian
- 236
- African
- 132
- Hispanic
- 103
- Arabic
- 27
- Native American
- 9
Home state
- California
- 597
- North Carolina
- 255
- Florida
- 222
- New York
- 155
- Virginia
- 145
- Pennsylvania
- 117
- Texas
- 114
- Georgia
- 101
Undergraduate colleges
- UCLA
- 85
- University of Florida
- 64
- University of Virginia
- 50
- Duke University
- 48
- UC Berkeley
- 45
- State School
- 36
- UCSD
- 36
- UC
- 33
Undergraduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 1,811
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 256
- Engineering/Technology
- 237
- Physical Sciences
- 228
- History/Humanities
- 98
- Computing and Information Science
- 97
- Premedical Studies
- 90
- English/Literature
- 48
Graduate institutions
- Georgetown University
- 21
- Johns Hopkins University
- 9
- Boston University
- 8
- University of Florida
- 8
- Columbia University
- 7
- University of Pennsylvania
- 7
- Chemistry
- 6
- Georgetown
- 6
Graduate areas of study
- Biological/Life Sciences
- 257
- Computing and Information Science
- 128
- Premedical Studies
- 125
- Other
- 103
- Psychology/Social Sciences
- 46
- Engineering/Technology
- 39
- Physical Sciences
- 32
- History/Humanities
- 24
Graduate degrees
- MS
- 108
- BS
- 47
- MPH
- 44
- M.S.
- 40
- BA
- 32
- N/A
- 24
- B.S.
- 19
- MA
- 18
An applicant may report more than one area of study or graduate school. Profile snapshot: 2026-10-26.
Figures need at least 3 reporting applicants. Missing or conflicting values are left out.