WCMC seeks to develop a diverse student body by selecting highly qualified applicants from a broad range of academic, geographic, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. Many students have majored in liberal arts during their undergraduate studies, and many are older students who have had life experiences outside of their formal studies.
While class composition varies from year to year, the profile for the most recent entering class (2019) is:
| Men | 50 |
| Women | 56 |
| Age Range | 21-30 - mean 23 |
| Underrepresented in Medicine | 25 |
| M.D.-Ph.D. Students | 17 |
| Colleges Represented | 49 |
| Median Science GPA | 3.88 |
| Median MCAT | 518 |
| Science Majors | 63 |
| Non-Science Majors | 26 |
| Double Major, Science/Non-Science | 17 |
| U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents | 103 |
| Non-U.S. Citizens | 3 |
| Educationally or Economically Disadvantaged | 34 |
| Applications Received | 6,385 |
| Applicants Interviewed | 798 |
| Matriculants | 106 |
States and Territories of Residence
| New York | 27 |
| California | 22 |
| Texas | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 6 |
| New Jersey | 6 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 |
| Florida | 4 |
| Arizona | 3 |
| Georgia | 3 |
| Maryland | 3 |
| Colorado | 2 |
| Illinois | 2 |
| Ohio | 2 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Hawaii | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Montana | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| None Specified | 3 |