MB ChB admission results 2023
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From: Thomas
Dear University of Otago,
I would like to be provided with the admission statistics for your MB ChB programme offered at the University.
Could you please provide the following information:
1) A breakdown of the number of applicants who applied across the different admission categories - HSFY, Alternative and Graduate - to the relevant programmes
2) The total number of accepted applicants into the programme and the accepted number of applicants under each admission categories
3) Breakdown of HSFY applicants to MB ChB by the following admission categories:
General Entry HSFY
International HSFY
Maori HSFY
Pasifika HSFY
Rural HSFY
Refugee HSFY
Socioeconomic HSFY
4) What was the minimum average academic mark (HSFY 2022) to receive an offer into the MB ChB programme.
5) What was the median academic mark (HSFY 2022) of those students who accepted offers to study in the MB ChB programme in 2023.
6) Lowest successful first-round offer (average academic mark HSFY 2022) in each HSFY category as in 3).
7) What was the median GPA (university 9 point scale) of those students in the graduate category who accepted offers to study in the MB ChB programme in 2023.
8) Breakdown of how many of the total applicants to the MB ChB programme met the UCAT threshold by the same HSFY categories as in 3).
Yours faithfully,
Thomas
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Thomas, we acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 4 December 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 23 January 2024). Please note that "working days" is as defined in the Act and excludes public holidays and the period between 25 December and 15 January.
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: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Thomas, further to your Official Information Act request dated 4 December 2023, would you please clarify the following points:
- could you please confirm that all the information you have requested is related to entry into the 2023 MB ChB programme.
- you state in point one "...to the relevant programmes". Do you mean the MB ChB programme?
Once you have clarified the above points, we will continue processing your request.
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: Thomas
Dear UoO - Official Information Act,
Yes that is correct I mean the 2023 MB ChB programme
Yours sincerely,
Thomas
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Thomas, thank you for clarifying. We will continue to process your request.
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
Tēnā koe Thomas
Please see attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 4 December 2023.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey
Kelsey Kennard
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
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]
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