12 August 2020
Rocky
By email:
[FYI request #13314 email]
Dear Rocky,
Please find the following answers to your Official Information Act request of 14 July 2020 regarding
information relating to the New Zealand Rural Origins category of the medical (MB ChB) program at
University of Otago for the past 2 years (2019-2020).
1. Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category seats available in each of the two years
(under the graduate category only)
The number of Rural places is determined across the total cohort and no specific number was set for
the graduate category in 2019 and 2020. There are 55 rural places available in total.
2. Number of New Zealand Rural Origins sub-category applicants in each of the two years (under
the graduate category only)
2020
40
2019
36
Note that these figures do not include applicants under other sub-categories, who were also eligible
for consideration under the Rural sub-category.
3. Lowest successful first round offer GPA in each of the two years (under the graduate category
only)
2020
7.32
2019
7.05
Note that these figures do not include offers made to applicants under other sub-categories, who
were also eligible for consideration under the Rural sub-category.
4. L
owest successful waitlist GPA in each of the two years (under the graduate category only)
2020
No waitlist
2019
No waitlist
Yours sincerely,
Claire Gallop
Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar