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New Deac Week Countdown
What’s Next
Nov. 2025 – March 2026
November 15
- Priority filing dates for Need-Based financial aid
- Information about Net Price Calculator
- Information about Scholarships
April – June 2026
It will be important to keep checking your WFU email (starting now) and the New Students website (starting May 1st) so you have the most up-to-date information.
April 10 and 13
Campus Day for Accepted Students
This optional, daylong event provides an opportunity for Early Decision students and their families to revisit Wake Forest, meet potential classmates who were admitted via Regular Decision, interact with faculty and staff, and get excited about the start of school. Additional details about the schedule will be sent to enrolled students in the spring.
May 1
New Students website is updated for WFU30
Early June
Purchase your WakeWare laptop (optional)
May 25
Pre-Orientation Program status notifications begin (optional)
June 30
Pre-Orientation Program registration due (optional)
July 6
Final day for Pre-Orientation Program enrollment status notification (optional)
Summer 2026
Pre-Orientation Program Move-In
August 13
Move-in dates for students enrolled in Marching Band and Wilderness to Wake
August 14
Move-in dates for students enrolled in all other optional Pre-Orientation Programs (except for Marching Band and Wilderness to Wake)
- NOTE: The specific instructions regarding the Move-In process will be communicated via your WFU email by Residence Life and Housing in July.
New and Transfer Student Move-In Day
August 18
New and Transfer Student Move-In Day (for students who are not doing a Pre-Orientation program)
NOTE: Students will be assigned a move-in time when they receive their housing assignment in early June.
August 18-19 (Parents and Families)
New Deac Week Orientation Sessions for Parents & Families (strongly encouraged)
- Note: For travel planning purposes, family orientation activities begin on Tuesday, August 18 and conclude by 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 19. All families should plan to depart on the 19th or 20th.)
August 18-21 (Students)
New Deac Week Orientation 2026
- NOTE: New Deac Week is mandatory for all new and transfer students.
August 24
Fall semester courses begin.
* Class of 2030 students should regularly consult the New Students website for all official dates and deadlines.
Note for Parents and Families with a Student Participating in an Optional Pre-Orientation Program
New Deac Week Orientation for Parents & Families (strongly encouraged) is scheduled to occur between Tuesday, August 18th and Wednesday, August 19th; this is an in-person experience that we hope you will attend if possible.
For families of students approved for Pre-Orientation programs, there will be a gathering on Friday, August 14th to welcome you to the Wake Forest community. Many families choose to send their students to campus with the bare necessities for their Pre-Orientation Move-In date and then bring students’ remaining belongings on Move-in Day, Tuesday, August 18th; this enables families to participate in all parent and family Orientation activities which will begin on Tuesday, August 18th.
Families’ partners in the college journey: the offices of Family Engagement and Family Communications
The Office of Family Engagement provides information and support to Wake Forest parents and families and plans New Student Receptions, which will take place in the summer of 2026. Family Communications maintains the Parents & Families website, which is the primary website for Wake Forest families, and authors the Daily Deac blog (which families – or students! – can subscribe to for a daily look at life on campus). We invite new families to visit our Incoming Families page. Starting in May 2026, new families will get an email each Tuesday with due dates and action items for P’30 families (i.e., families of new students entering with the Class of 2030).
If you can’t find answers online, feel free to contact the Office of Family Engagement at 336.758.4237 or Family Communications at parents@wfu.edu.
Family Contact Information
So that we may begin including your family on important communications from Wake Forest, we ask parents and families to verify their Family Record in Wake Network, our family records system, as soon as possible. Email is our primary means of communication with families, so having your preferred email address is critical.
Letters So Dear
“Letters So Dear” is a weekly email with advice for our newest Demon Deacons; it contains letters from older students who share tips about succeeding in and out of the classroom, adjusting to college life, and more. They hope you can learn from their experiences as you transition to life at Wake Forest.
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Have Questions?
- Admissions:
admissions@wfu.edu - Advising:
undergraduateadvising@wfu.edu - Financial Aid:
finaid@wfu.edu - Residence Life and Housing|The Forest:
housing@wfu.edu - Orientation, New Student and Transition Programs:
orientation@wfu.edu - Registration:
registrar@wfu.edu - Tech Help:
help@wfu.edu - WakeWare:
wakeware@wfu.edu
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December 7, 2025
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December 7, 2025 | 2:00pm
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From the College
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