Graduate entry BDS 2025
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From: Hakuna Matata
Dear University of Otago,
Please provide the following information for domestic graduate-entry category applicants (excluding sub-categories) to Dentistry (BDS) program for entry in 2024 and 2025
1. Lowest GPA for successful graduate applicants (excluding sub-categories) for Dentistry
2. Highest GPA for unsuccessful graduate applicants (excluding sub-categories) for Dentistry
Yours faithfully,
Hakuna Matata
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Hakuna
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 30 May 2025.
If we have any further questions or need to seek further 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 1 July 2025). If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.
Ngā mihi
Bill
Bill Frewen (he/him)
Manager Policy and Compliance | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Here mete Tikaka Mahi
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Kia ora Hakuna,
Please find attached the University of Otago's response to your Official Information Act request dated 30 May 2025.
Ngā mihi,
Jo
JO PEARSON (she/her)
Official Information Act Administrator
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email/Īmera [University of Otago request email]
From: Hakuna Matata
Dear UoO - Official Information Act,
Thank you for your recent response regarding the 2024 and 2025 BDS Graduate General category statistics.
While I understand the decision to withhold the 2025 minimum GPA due to fewer than five successful applicants, I’m unclear why the maximum GPA of unsuccessful applicants is also withheld. The number of unsuccessful applicants is much higher than five, so releasing the highest non-offer GPA should not pose a privacy risk.
Yours sincerely,
Hakuna Matata
From: UoO - Official Information Act
University of Otago
Tēnā koe Hakuna
Thank you for your email below.
To clarify, the information you have requested regarding unsuccessful applications is not contained in existing reports held by the University. On past occasions where we may have provided this information, we did so because it was incidental to the research and collation of other data necessary for University purposes. Detailed statistical analysis of applications can only be undertaken by a small team within the University applying specialised and complex skills. Accordingly, we decline to provide the requested information as the information would need to be created, and is not held, under section 18(g) of the Act.
If you are not satisfied with our response to your information request, section 28(3) of the Act provides you with the right to ask an Ombudsman to investigate and review this response. However, we would welcome the opportunity to discuss any concerns with you first.
Ngā mihi
Bill
Bill Frewen (he/him)
Manager Policy and Compliance | Kaiwhakahaere Kaupapa Here mete Tikaka Mahi
Office of the Registrar and Secretary to the Council | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]
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