4 May 2023
By email:
[FYI request #21217 email]
Kia ora Rayner
I refer to your request for information dated 25 November 2022 made under the Official Information
Act 1982 (the Act). You had requested information in relation to entry to the 2023 Bachelor of
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB) and Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programmes at
the University of Otago via the Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) category.
We supplied responses in two parts on 22 December 2022 and 28 March 2023. We note that
incorrect information regarding the 2023 MB ChB and BDS programmes were supplied in our
response dated 28 March 2023. The correct information is as follows:
MB ChB:
• The average minimum academic score to receive an offer from the waitlist was 89.43, not
88.86; and
• the average median academic score to receive an offer from the waitlist was 92, not 91.86.
BDS:
• The average minimum academic score to receive an offer from the waitlist was 87.00, not
80.14; and
• the average median academic score to receive an offer from the waitlist was 90.86, not
89.86.
All other information supplied was correct. Please accept our apology for this error.
Ngā mihi
Kelsey Kennard
Official information and Compliance Coordinator
Office of the Registrar