Western University of Health Sciences COMP

DO program · private · California

Median GPA

3.84

entering class

Median MCAT

509

entering class

Acceptance rate

~6.7%

approximate

Class size

318

60% in-state

In-state vs. out-of-state

60% of the last entering class were California residents, which leaves about 127 seats for everyone else.

California resident

~21%

estimated odds

Out-of-state

~5%

estimated odds

Estimates for an applicant with this school's median GPA (3.84) and MCAT (509), from AAMC and AACOM applicant outcomes and this school's published figures. Where you live makes a big difference here. Estimates, not guarantees.

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What they look for

  • Service34%
  • Clinical experience25%
  • Academics22%
  • Research10%
  • Leadership9%

COMP's mission is producing health care professionals in a humanistic tradition, and it defines humanism unusually broadly — interpersonal relationships, literature, art, altruism, interprofessional collaboration and community. The application asks directly how an applicant's values align with the COMP mission statement, so the essay is a scored mission-fit test rather than a formality. The school's humanistic recruitment work connects applicants with professionals and students who share similar lived experiences or obstacles, and builds relationships with HBCUs and Hispanic Serving Institutions, so a non-traditional path or an arts or humanities background is genuinely additive here. Reported averages sit near a 3.67 GPA and 507 MCAT.

Watch out: A purely clinical-metrics file with nothing to say about values, community or the humanities answers the mission-alignment question weakly. Interprofessional experience is named specifically, so solo-track applicants miss a stated element.

Our reading of this school's own published mission and selection criteria, not an official formula. How we source this

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