New Admitted Students Checklist. Please take action today on these important steps to complete your enrollment.Some early decision applicants have received acceptance letters (the lucky black envelope). Admitted first-generation students have until May 1 to decide if they will enroll at Wake Forest. Early Decision II. Deadline to apply: January 1. Applying for undergraduate admission to Wake Forest University is easy and can be done using one of three applications. Fin Aid doesn't know whether you will be accepted or not, so they complete every application for aid regardless of admissions decision. In this article, we've put together some tips and information that will help you have the best chance of turning your waitlist notice into an acceptance letter. Let your top choice know that "after all this time, I'm still into you" with a Letter of Continued Interest (LOCI). Deferred candidates to Wake Forest University should submit a Letter of Continued Interest soon after they receive their decision.