Dear University of Otago,

Please provide the following information relating to admission into the MBChB program at the University of Otago:

(a) The rationale behind only setting UCAT thresholds for Verbal Reasoning and Situational Judgment for each of the admission years 2019, 2020, and 2021. Note: If the reason is the same across all three years then it can be collated into one answer.

(b) The reason(s) as to why UCAT thresholds were not set for the Decision Making, Quantitative Reasoning and Abstract Reasoning sections of the UCAT for each of the admission years 2019, 2020, and 2021. Note: If the reason is the same across all three years then it can be collated into one answer.

(c) The reason(s) as to why the University of Otago sets the UCAT thresholds 'conservatively' rather than 'competitively' (i.e. more people are able to satisfy the threshold requirement than not) over the last three admission years 2019, 2020, and 2021. Note: If the reason is the same across all three years then it can be collated into one answer.

(d) Given that UCAT is a test that is specifically designed to help select applicants with the most appropriate abilities and professional behaviors required for new doctors, why does the University of Otago continue to use UCAT generously. That is, the rather low UCAT thresholds in the previous admission years question the necessity of using UCAT for the MBChB program in the first place.

Yours faithfully,

John Yang