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Kelsey

Kelsey Kennard
Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui Pārongo Ōkawa me te Tautukunga

Official Information Requests
Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki
University of Otago | Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa

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Kia ora Joseph

 

Please see attached the University of Otago’s response to your Official
Information Act request dated 29 June 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi

Kelsey

 

[1]University Kelsey Kennard
of Otago Official Information and Compliance Coordinator | Kaituitui
Pârongo Ôkawa me te Tautukunga

Official Information Requests

Office of the Registrar | Te Tari o Te Pouroki
University of Otago | Te Whare Wânanga o Otâgo
New Zealand | Aotearoa

Email/Îmera [2][University of Otago request email]

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph Kalan <[FOI #23316 email]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2023 6:22 PM
To: UoO - Official Information Act <[University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - BDS and MB ChB 2023 graduate
entrance breakdown

 

Dear University of Otago,

 

I was hoping for the following information:

How does the selection process for medicine and dentistry work?

- One entry on this website said, "There is no fixed number of positions
available for applicants to the MB ChB via the Graduate category." Is this
to mean that as long as requirements such as pass in the HSFY papers, a
minimum GPA of 5.0 and, UCAT thresholds are met, an individual will be
offered a seat?

 

If not, how many seats are realistically available for 2024 entry
considering the increase in seats?

 

What was the average and minimum GPA for both medicine and dentistry
students accepted via the graduate pathway to study in 2023? ie they
applied in 2022.

 

What were the UCAT thresholds for 2023 students (applied in 2022 to study
in 2023)? Is it possible to get this expressed as value as well as a
percentile? ie Bottom 20th percentile (460/900) for VR as an example.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Joseph

 

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