Dear James,

 

I refer to your request of 11 December. Can you please clarify whether
your request for MBChB admission statistics is for entry to the Part II
MBChB programme commencing in 2018-2023, or 2019-2024?

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

From: James Ng <[1][FOI #25135 email]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 9:47 PM
To: legal <[2][University of Auckland request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - MBChB entry information from 2018
to 2023

 

Dear University of Auckland,

I would like to request the following statistics for each entry pathway
(First Year entry, Graduate entry, MAPAS, UTAS, regional rural admission
scheme) from 2018 to 2023:

- number of applicants into MBChB for each pathway category
- number of successful applicants into MBChB for each pathway category
- mean, minimum and standard deviation for GPA of successful applicants
for each pathway category
- mean, minimum and standard deviation for UCAT scores of successful
applicants for each pathway category
- mean, minimum and standard deviation for MMI scores of successful
applicants for each pathway category
- how does having a refugee background/qualifying for UTAS affect
admissions into MBChB?

Yours faithfully,
James Ng

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Dear James,

 

I refer to your request of 11 December 2023 (as amended on 26
December). As consultations necessary to make a decision on this
request are such that a response cannot reasonably be given within the
original time limit, the University has extended the time limit for
your request under section 15A(1)(b) of the OIA. The new maximum time
limit for the University’s response is 21 February 2024; we will
respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable. You have
the right to make a complaint to an Ombudsman if you are dissatisfied
with this extension.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt

Legal Advisor

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

University of Auckland

 

From: James Ng <[1][FOI #25135 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 6:31 PM
To: Landon Watt <[2][email address]>
Subject: RE: 2023-OIA-0225-Ng

 

Dear Landon Watt,

I am clarifying on requesting MBChB admission statistics is for entry
to the Part II
MBChB programme commencing in the years 2019-2024.

Yours sincerely,

James Ng

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Dear James,

 

I refer to your request of 26 December 2023. The University’s response
follows:

 

“I would like to request the following statistics for each entry pathway
(First Year entry, Graduate entry, MAPAS, UTAS, regional rural admission
scheme) from 2018 to 2023:

- number of applicants into MBChB for each pathway category”

 

See attached.

 

“- number of successful applicants into MBChB for each pathway category”

 

The information requested for 2019-2023 is attached. As at the date of
your request, the University did not hold the requested information about
successful applicants as the 2024 MBChB admissions process had not been
finalized. This part of your request is refused under section 18(g) of the
OIA.

 

“- mean, minimum and standard deviation for GPA of successful applicants
for each pathway category”
“- mean, minimum and standard deviation for UCAT scores of successful
applicants for each pathway category”
““- mean, minimum and standard deviation for MMI scores of successful
applicants for each pathway category”

 

 The information requested for 2019-2023 is attached, subject to the
following:

 

o Standard deviations are not calculated for successful applicants. The
University does not hold this information, and the OIA does not
require us to create it. This part of your request is refused under
section 18(g) of the OIA.
o The mean and minimum score information requested for the Students with
Disabilities, Students from Refugee Backgrounds, and Low
Socio-Economic Background UTAS is withheld under section 9(2)(a) of
the OIA protect the privacy of those students.

As at the date of your request, the University did not hold the requested
information about successful applicants for the 2024 MBChB programme as
the admissions process had not yet been finalized. This part of your
request is refused under section 18(g) of the OIA.

 

“- how does having a refugee background/qualifying for UTAS affect
admissions into MBChB?”

 

It is not clear what specific official information you are requesting.
Information about the University’s UTAS is publicly available at:

 

 1. [1]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/study/appl...
 2. [2]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/a...
 3. [3]https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/about-us/a...

 

To answer your question in broad terms:

 

 1. An eligible MBChB applicant who has applied for admission under both
the General category and the Students from Refugee Backgrounds UTAS
category will be ranked with the other General category applicants for
offers of place. If they receive an offer under the General category,
they are not considered for an offer under the SRB UTAS. If they would
not receive an offer under the General category, they are considered
for an offer under the SRB UTAS.

Yours sincerely,

 

Landon Watt
Legal Advisor
Office of the Vice-Chancellor

Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland  

 

From: James Ng <[4][FOI #25135 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2023 6:31 PM
To: Landon Watt <[5][email address]>
Subject: RE: 2023-OIA-0225-Ng

 

Dear Landon Watt,

I am clarifying on requesting MBChB admission statistics is for entry to
the Part II
MBChB programme commencing in the years 2019-2024.

Yours sincerely,

James Ng

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