Alternative Entry Medicine
Jay made this Official Information request to University of Otago
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From: Jay
Kia Ora,
I would like to request the following;
-Number of alternative entry medicine applicants for each year within the last 5 years.
-Number of alternative entry medicine applicants invited for an interview each year within the last 5 years.
-Number of successful interviewees (those offered a place in medicine) for each year within the last 5 years.
-Since you have established that GPA alone does not affect an applicants success into medicine via alternative entry, could I please request information on how the applicants are ranked or sorted to be invited for an interview.
-Successful applicants prior learning levels for each of the last 5 years. That is, number of successful applicants who had a Bachelors degree, successful applicants with a Masters, successful applicants with a PhD and successful applicants with no formal prior education.
Thank you for your time,
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora, I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 25 October 2023.
If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 22 November 2023). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.
Ngā mihi
Jenny
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa
From: Jay
Kia Ora,
Sorry could I also add to the question above,
-What percentage of the total seats available for alternative entry, for each of the last five years, are invited for an interview via alternative entry? (As in, if 10% of the total medical cohort come from alternative entry, if the number of applicants is less than the 10% threshold, does everyone get an interview who applied?)
-What percentage of the total seats available for each of the last five years are successfully filled by alternative entry?
If these questions have been asked too late to be answered, no worries at all.
Thank you for your time.
Yours sincerely,
Jay
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora, I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 30 October 2023.
If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 27 November 2023). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.
We will endeavour to provide a response to this request at the same time as your previous request (22 November 2023), otherwise it will be provided no later than the due date of 27 November 2023.
Ngā mihi
Jenny
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Jay, please find attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 25 October 2023. Please note that we have provided a response to both your 25 October 2023 and 30 October 2023 requests in the one response.
Ngā mihi
Jenny
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Jay, please find attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 30 October 2023. Please note that we have provided a response to both your 25 October 2023 and 30 October 2023 requests in the one response.
Ngā mihi
Jenny
Jenny Shaw
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo New Zealand | Aotearoa
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