Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy

"This school is academically challenging. If you’re not up for a challenge, then of course it’s going to be difficult. This is my first year, but it’s a great one. I’ve never seen such amazing staff and teachers all at one place. I also didn’t think I’d be happy with the all girl’s experience, but everyone is so kind. The workload is different and difficult, but if you’re going to be in college by 11th grade then let’s get a move on!"

"All the negative reviews are from kids who complain about studying and being recognized for good grades . The kid's biggest beef looks like not getting runner-up prizes for personality."

"I had the privilege of taking a tour of this school and I was very impressed with the campus atmosphere, the sights of their posted presentations while walking the grounds and through the hallways. The young ladies appeared to enjoy interacting with each other. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing the sounds of laughter."

"I attended wake young womens for my 9th grade year, and quickly left. Don’t get me wrong the friends u make will really impact you, and it was nice to feel really connected to some students, but regardless you will get picked on, by both teachers and students. I had one teacher who would call home just to say I didn’t do my homework??? And she would come in the middle of my other classes and yell at me for not having done my homework, which made no sense. She also would pick on me during class as well by saying how slow I was at completing my work and say it to the whole class, and didn’t even offer me any help til the end of class. I was almost admitted into holly hill for various reasons regarding the school as well. There is a major lack of support from the teachers, if you’re not a A+ student you’re automatically picked on and looked down on by students and teachers. They have a whole celebration for those who had a’s and b’s, and left everyone else out, even if u had a 79, which was crazy. They had a award ceremony at the end of the year, but the only way you’d get a award was if you were a A+ student, if didn’t matter if you were the kindest kid in the whole school, you had to have all A’s to be even mentioned which was messed up. The food there tho, was AMAZING. The food and diversity are the only reasons I’m giving this school two stars because gosh dang it was so good!!! Although the diversity was mainly black, whites, and Hispanics, it was refreshing to see people like me coming from a majority white school. Regardless, if you’re prepared to work hard for absolutely no reason then please do apply to this school. The college credits are still there, and I didn’t take the opportunity to take advantage of them, butt go you if you do! Also there are no sports or any clubs other than your basic fbla and drama club( which doesn’t rlly do any plays, they’re just reannactments on current events ) , etc. And they give u a bunch of unessary homework as well, so take that into account. Also the uniforms kinda suck because u get yelled at if you’re wearing a sweatshirt that doesn’t have the wywla logo, as well as if you’re socks are too short?? And if you’re wearing the wrong shoes you get yelled at too and get a dress code violation. And the dress down days are rlly just wearing jeans with no rips and a wywla shirt shirt, if u wear anything else you get a dress code violation. It could be cold as heck in the rooms, and you’d still get yelled at for wearing a hoodie without the logo. ( I’ve learned that from experience) For all the newcomers enjoy wywla cuz I sure didn’t!!!"