20 March 2023
By email:
[FYI request #21447 email]
Dear JT
I refer to your request for information dated 18 December 2022 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You have requested information in relation to entry to the 2023 Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) programme at the University of Otago via the Health
Sciences First Year (HSFY) General category.
Further to our email of 22 December 2022, please see below our response to your request.
1. The minimum average score to receive a first-round offer to the 2023 MB ChB
The minimum average academic score to meet the first-round cut-off for entry to the 2023 MB
ChB programme via the HSFY General category was 93.86.
2. The minimum, median and maximum average scores to be on the waitlist for the 2023 MB
ChB programme via the HSFY General category
Please see the below table which shows the minimum, median and highest average academic
scores to receive an offer to be on the waitlist for the 2023 MB ChB programme via the HSFY
General category:
Average academic score to receive an offer to be on the waitlist
for the 2023 MB ChB programme via the HSFY General category
Minimum
88.86
Median
91.86
Highest
93.71
3. The number of students on the waitlist for the 2023 MB ChB programme via the HSFY
General category
The total number of applicants waitlisted for the 2023 MB ChB programme via the HSFY General
category was 69. Please note that this figure excludes applicants who declined their offer to be
on the waitlist.
I trust that this information will be helpful.
Yours sincerely
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar