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We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

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 8 February 2022). Please note that "working days" is as defined in the Official Information 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
Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

Official Information Requests, Office of the Registrar | University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo | New Zealand | Aotearoa | Email/Īmera [email address]

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We refer to your information request dated 20 December 2021 made under the Official Information Act 1982 (Act).

We have decided to grant your request. However, the University's Medical School has not yet confirmed final numbers for its 2022 MB ChB programme. This includes final admission numbers under the HSFY general category, the graduate category and each of the priority groups, and also the academic scores and GPA data that you have requested. The data will not be known and therefore will not be available until the end of March 2022 - as student offers continue until the end of the third week of teaching in Semester One. The reasons for late offers relate to students declining entry to the programme after it has commenced (which is permitted provided it is done by the end of the third week) or having to defer for unanticipated reasons.

Please note that for privacy and student wellbeing reasons, the University's standard practice is not to report on numbers where those numbers are below 5. Where the numbers are very low, there is a risk that the identity of those individuals can be determined/inferred. Outcomes for groups with fewer than 5 individuals will be reported as "<5" (fewer than 5), and academic scores are not provided for such groups (reported as withheld ("W/H"). Withholding this information is consistent with section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and we do not consider that the reasons for withholding this information is outweighed by other consideration which would make it desirable in the public interest to make the information available.

We will be in touch with regards to the requested information once this data has been confirmed and is available.

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.

Ngâ mihi
Mayhaka

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar • Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago • P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

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Thank you for your patience. Please see below our responses to your
Official Information Act request.

 

As noted in our email to you of 4 February 2022, for privacy and student
wellbeing reasons, the University’s standard practice is not to report on
numbers where those numbers are below 5. Where the numbers are very low,
there is a risk that the identity of those individuals can be
determined/inferred. Outcomes for groups with fewer than 5 individuals
will be reported as “<5” (fewer than 5), and GPA scores are not provided
for such groups (reported as withheld (“W/H”). Withholding this
information is consistent with section 9(2)(a) of the Act, and we do not
consider that the reasons for withholding this information is outweighed
by other considerations which would make it desirable in the public
interest to make the information available.

 

Number of 2022 general and each equity group Graduate applicants for MB
ChB

 

The number of Graduate applicants (General category and each Equity group)
for the 2022 MB ChB programme were as follows:

General: 242

Mâori: 29

Indigenous Pacific: 15

Mâori and Indigenous Pacific: <5

Socioeconomic: 5

Refugee: 11

Rural: 39

 

Number of successful 2022 general and each equity group Graduate
applicants for MB ChB

 

The number of Graduate applicants (General category and each Equity Group)
to receive offers to the 2022 MB ChB programme were as follows:

 

General: 32

Mâori: 19

Indigenous Pacific: 6

Mâori and Indigenous Pacific: <5

Socioeconomic: <5

Refugee: 9

Rural: 16

 

2022 minimum academic score for general and each equity group Graduate
applicants for MB ChB

 

The minimum GPA scores to receive offers to the 2022 MB ChB programme via
the Graduate category (General category and each Equity Group) are as
follows:

 

General: 8.59

Mâori: 4.51

Indigenous Pacific: 4.83

Mâori and Indigenous Pacific: W/H

Socioeconomic: W/H

Refugee: 5.29

Rural: 7.20

 

Lowest 2022 general and each sub-category Graduate GPA that received a
first-round offer for MB ChB, median 2022 general and each sub-category
Graduate GPA that received a first-round offer for MB ChB, highest 2022
general and each sub-category Graduate GPA that received a first-round
offer for MB ChB

 

Please see the below table which shows the minimum, median and highest GPA
scores to receive first-round offers to the 2022 MB ChB programme via the
Graduate category (General category and each Equity Group):

 

+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  |GPA score to receive a first round offer to the|
| | 2022 MB ChB programme |
|------------------------+-----------------------------------------------|
|Category/Equity Group | Minimum | Median | Highest |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|General | 9.13 | 9.38 | 9.55 |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Mâori | 4.51 | 5.43 | 8.13 |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Indigenous Pacific | 4.83 | 5.37 | 5.98 |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Mâori and Indigenous | W/H | W/H | W/H |
|Pacific | | | |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Socioeconomic | W/H | W/H | W/H |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Refugee | 5.29 | 7.00 | 7.91 |
|------------------------+----------------+--------------+---------------|
|Rural | 7.20 | 8.03 | 9.54 |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

 

We trust you will find this information helpful.

 

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.

 

Ngâ mihi

Kelsey

 

 

Kelsey Kennard

Official Information and Compliance Coordinator

 

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te
Kaunihera

University of Otago | Te Whare Wânanga o Otâgo

New Zealand | Aotearoa

Email | Îmera [1][University of Otago request email]

 

 

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