{"id":2377,"date":"2022-05-05T17:58:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/podiatricmedicine\/?post_type=program&#038;p=2377"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:07:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:07:25","slug":"competitive","status":"publish","type":"program","link":"\/podiatricmedicine\/programs\/doctor-of-podiatric-medicine\/competitive\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitive Class Stats"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/podiatricmedicine\/podiatric-medicine_2023_marketing0739.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              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leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/financial\/student-budgets\/dpm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tuition\/Scholarships<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"\/podiatricmedicine\/programs\/doctor-of-podiatric-medicine\/competitive\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Competitive Class Stats<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"\/podiatricmedicine\/programs\/doctor-of-podiatric-medicine\/webinars\/\" 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<\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h2>Competitive Candidate Profile<\/h2>\n<p>Each year we admit only 50 students, to ensure your place among them it is in your best interest to demonstrate these key attributes to the admissions committee.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"my-48 md:mt-96 md:mb-72\" vue-app>\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-wrap md:flex-row-reverse md:items-center app-gutter\">\n      <div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-7\/12 app-gutter pl-16\">\n        <div class=\"rounded-5 md:rounded-8 md:h-560 bg-red\">\n                                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full h-256 md:h-560 object-cover rounded-5 md:rounded-8 transform 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Part of that training is casting held in the Biomechanics and Gait Lab at WesternU in Pomona. Student Harsh Varshney casts Chanelle Mariano.\">\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 mt-32 md:mt-0 px-12 md:pr-40 lg:px-80\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"md:pb-40\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"text-lockup text-lockup--default\">\n\t<h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-serif  block text-red-light\">We desire that each<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"t-h2-sans  block text-red\">Podiatric Medicine student<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg-content t-p2 mt-24 text-black\"><div class=\"wysiwyg-content\"><ul><li>ACTIVE: Take an active role in your educational experiences<\/li><li>RESPECT: Display integrity, compassion and respect<\/li><li>LEARN: Aspire for life-long learning<\/li><li>COLLABORATION: Desire a collaborative approach to health professions education<\/li><li>INNOVATIVE:  Strive to engage in new and innovative educational approaches<\/li><li>EXCELLENCE: Commit to becoming excellent, caring, and compassionate health professionals<\/li><li>TEAM PLAYER: Understand and appreciate collaborative team processes<\/li><li>COMMUNITY: Participate in community-based education and\/or service learning projects<\/li><li>MORAL: Embrace moral principles<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <p>The following statistics for the class entering August 2025 will give you a sense of where you might fall within the applicant pool. For additional statistics, please visit the Office of Institutional Research\u2019s <a href=\"\/ire\/outcomes\/outcome-pm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academic Outcomes webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table class=\"table-styled\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Application Counts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\">Number of Applications Received<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">193<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of Interviews Conducted<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of New Students Enrolled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of Males Enrolled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of Females Enrolled<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Number of California Residents<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table-styled\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">Applicant Scores<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Average Overall GPA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80%\">Average Science GPA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">3.17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Average MCAT Score<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right\">493.42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"parent":2301,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2377","program","type-program","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/2377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/2377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4983,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/2377\/revisions\/4983"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/podiatricmedicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}