Kia ora

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 2 May 2022). 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

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki me te Kaituhi ki te Kaunihera
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa
Email | Īmera [University of Otago request email]

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Kia ora

 

I refer to your information request dated 30 March 2022 made under the
Official Information Act 1982. You have requested information regarding
entry to the 2022 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB)
programme via the Graduate General category.

 

Please see our responses to each of your questions below.

 

1. Number of 2022 Graduate General applicants for MB ChB

 

There were 242 applicants to the 2022 MB ChB programme via the Graduate
General category.

 

2. Number of successful 2022 Graduate General applicants for MB ChB

 

The number of applicants to receive an offer to the 2022 MB ChB programme
via the Graduate General category was 32. Of these applicants, 28 accepted
their offer to enter the programme.

 

3. Lowest 2022 Graduate General GPA that received a first round offer for
MB ChB

 

The minimum GPA to receive a first round offer to the 2022 MB ChB
programme via the Graduate General category was 9.13.

 

4. Lowest 2022 Graduate General GPA that received an offer from the
waitlist for MB ChB

 

The minimum GPA to receive a waitlist offer to the 2022 MB ChB programme
via the Graduate General category was 8.59.

 

5. What the UCAT cut-off was for 2022 MB ChB applicants

 

The UCAT selection criteria for the MB ChB programme is set annually by
the University’s Medical Admissions Committee. Where UCAT is used as a
threshold for admission, the University requires that students meet a
threshold for two of the five sections. For entry to the 2022 MB ChB
programme, the thresholds were set as follows:

 

o Verbal Reasoning – threshold set at the bottom 20^th percentile
(scores in the top 80% met the threshold)
o Situational Judgement – threshold set above the bottom 10^th
percentile (scores in the top 89% met the threshold)

 

I trust you will find this information helpful.

 

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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