Dear K Roe

 

The only persons eligible to make requests under the Official Information
Act are (a) New Zealand citizens; (b) permanent residents of New Zealand;
(c) persons who are in New Zealand; or (d) body corporates incorporated in
New Zealand or which have a place of business in New Zealand. Please
confirm your eligibility under section 12 of the Official Information Act
to make this request for official information and provide evidence of that
eligibility to [1][University of Auckland request email].

 

The University has received a large number of requests relating to the
administration of the MBChB programme over the past year. Section 18A(2)
of the Official Information Act specifies that, for the purposes of
refusing requests under section 18(f) of the Act, organisations may treat
as a single request 2 or more requests from the same person that are about
the same subject matter or about similar subject matters and received in
short succession. Please advise the following to enable the University to
make a decision on your request:

 

•       advise your full legal name

•       advise whether your request for official information was
co-ordinated, or made in conjunction, with any other person/persons (as
defined in section 2 of the Official Information Act), and, if so,
disclose the name/names of these other person/persons

•       advise whether your request for official information was made at
the instruction, request, or on behalf of any other person/persons, and if
so, disclose the names of these other person/s.

 

Please provide the information requested to [2][University of Auckland request email] by 21
January 2019. If we have not received your response by that date we will
treat your request as withdrawn.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

University of Auckland

 

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Dear Ms Roe,

 

I refer to your request of 10 January 2019 for information concerning the
University’s MBChB programme.

 

Your request for 2015-2019 rank lists for MBChB candidates is refused
under s 9(2)(a) of the Official Information Act, to protect the privacy of
the persons to whom it relates. Removal of candidate names and ID numbers
would not sufficiently protect the candidates’ privacy interests in this
information.

 

You have asked for the University to provide you with the ranking
algorithm used. The formula used to generate ranking scores for General,
Regional Rural (RRAS) and UTAS (Disability, Low Socio-Economic, Refugee)
Categories is as follows:

 

{(applicant's GPA-mean GPA)/Std Dev GPA} X 0.6 +

{(applicant's Interview score-mean Interview score)/Std Dev Interview
score} X 0.25 +

{(applicant's average UMAT score-mean average UMAT score)/Std Dev average
UMAT score} X 0.15

 

Note – Mean and standard deviation are calculated from the scores for
First Year and Graduate applicants independently. All shortlisted
applicants for final selection are ranked by each category. 

 

You have the right to make a complaint about this response to an
Ombudsman.

 

Yours sincerely,

Rebecca Ewert

General Counsel

University of Auckland