Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy Application Process

• Wake Young Women's Leadership Academy (WYWLA) Early College is an application-only school. You will need time to submit a complete Early College application. The application includes a student-written essay, recommendations from core teachers (elementary applicants); an ELA teacher and math teacher (middle and high school applicants), as well as a school administrator or school counselor. Applicants must provide prior grades, current grades, and most recent standardized test scores. Students applying from Charter Schools, Private Schools, and Homeschools may provide comparable information for their application. Students must live within Wake County.

  
  Application Process

   

  • We encourage you to first explore your options by attending information sessions and tours.
  • The application period begins October 14th and ends December 14th.  Applications are not first come, first served.
  • If you are not already enrolled, you need to enroll in your base school for your address. Find your base school.
  • You can start your enrollment forms online at wcpss.net/enroll
  • Once enrolled, create your parent account at wcpss.schoolmint.com.  You must have an active student ID number.
  • You will complete your application in the parent account. You may apply to WYWLA, but any other school to which you are eligible.
  • You will be notified of the results in mid-February 2025.
  • If you are selected you will be automatically assigned to WYWLA. If you are not selected, you will be placed in the waiting list, known as an applicant pool.

   

  Information About Magnet and Early College Applications

   

  • You may apply to both Early Colleges and magnet schools.
  • The Early College application will be processed first.
  • If the student is selected for the Early College, the student will be assigned to the Early College and the magnet application will not be processed.
  • If the student is not selected for the Early College, the student will be assigned to the applicant pool (non-numeric waiting list) for the Early College and the magnet application will be processed.
  • You may be seated at your first choice magnet school and that would be your new assigned school.
  • If not, it is possible to be placed in the applicant pool for both your first-choice Early College and your first-choice magnet school. You will be notified if you receive a seat at either. 
  • Applicant pools will be processed in mid-March and late April to fill any vacant seats.
  • Waitlists are used as vacancies may become available. Families will be notified if vacancies become available.