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How Wake Forest can prep your high school student for college ✏️

March 1, 2023 • 
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If your child is intrigued by a certain subject, like medicine, and would like to explore it in-depth before college, here is their chance.

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Are there subjects your high school student is considering studying in college, but they want to know more about it first? Here’s their chance to do so. Wake Forest University’s Online Immersion Program, designed for high schoolers ages 13+, was created for this exact purpose. Through online coursework led by Wake Forest University professors, it covers exciting topics, including:

  • Bioscience
  • Business
  • Criminal Law
  • Investing
  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • And more

Study with Wake Forest this summer.*

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