HSFY 2019

[Nala]

I applied for medicine and dentistry via the Maori pathway this year. Those who feel as though the pathways are unfair should take it upon themselves to understand why these subcategories exist.

'What we do know is that Māori in the work force make a real difference for Māori health' (Jo Baxter).

Heard in a BIOC lab: 'Why are we learning about the ****ing Treaty of Waitangi? (in POPH) It isn't going to help me become a doctor.' I am aware that the people with this mindset are *hopefully* a small but very loud minority, but thought I'd throw it out there that this is an attitude some HSFYs do have and Maori health outcomes won't improve if that is the attitude of our future doctors.

At the end of the day, when health sci ends, every person in medicine is held to the same standard regardless of the pathway.

 

[Boeing7478]

Hi there,

You seem to be insinuating that MAPAS applicants will take over or something. This is not the case in reality. There is currently no big issue with letting them through like that. They are overly under-represented as of now. The MAPAS (or any sub-category) is one way to encourage/ensure we have a better representation in the community. We don't need to be concerned about capping the seats.

Alright, fair enough. Thanks

 

[circe191]

Sorry to ask again, but does anyone know how they will distinguish between two identical averages? Have just looked in the offer thread and three other people have the exact same average as myself beyond 2dp.

 

[huzi01]

Sorry to ask again, but does anyone know how they will distinguish between two identical averages? Have just looked in the offer thread and three other people have the exact same average as myself beyond 2dp.

I assume they will either accept all or none of them?

 

[Verdigris]

If there's only one position left, they select randomly.
Source: graduate admissions for 2018 - my friend got in in January with the same GPA as someone who got in in February, so we asked the admissions team why this was.

 

[Boeing7478]

If there's only one position left, they select randomly.
Source: graduate admissions for 2018 - my friend got in in January with the same GPA as someone who got in in February, so we asked the admissions team why this was.

Oof, that’s rough

 

[Verdigris]

They said it was the only fair way to do it. I would have thought they would use UMAT/UCAT as a tie breaker but nope

 

[Avatar Aang]

Hey

Does anyone know how many general category seats (for FY) are available in Otago every year? I know for Auckland it has varied from 103-125ish in the past?


I know that Auckland has around 62 reserved seats for MAPAS students every year... I know Otago doesn’t have any limit but approx how much do they take according to past stats if anyone has any?

 

[Stuart]

Hey

Does anyone know how many general category seats (for FY) are available in Otago every year? I know for Auckland it has varied from 103-125ish in the past?


I know that Auckland has around 62 reserved seats for MAPAS students every year... I know Otago doesn’t have any limit but approx how much do they take according to past stats if anyone has any?

Hi there,

If I recall correctly, it's about 150+. I will attempt to include this the next time I update NZ Statistics.

 

[Avatar Aang]

Hi there,

If I recall correctly, it's about 150+. I will attempt to include this the next time I update NZ Statistics.

Damn that’s way more than Auckland

 

[Stuart]

Damn that’s way more than Auckland

Hi Avatar Aang,

I think it's unsurprising given the school takes in more students overall.

 

[Avatar Aang]

Hi Avatar Aang,

I think it's unsurprising given the school takes in more students overall.

Ya fair enough. Just curious how many students do they take overall? Auckland has 257 seats

 

[Stuart]

Ya fair enough. Just curious how many students do they take overall? Auckland has 257 seats

Hi Avatar Aang,

I believe it's near 300.

 

[Verdigris]

it's 280, 180 of which are for undergrad entrants

 

[zurab]

Hi there,

This may be a silly question but I just wanted to know what are the chances to get into medicine from the wait-list? And also I usually see people saying things like "offered a place after second round offers". How many people are offered a place per "round"? I think with my average (91.42) it is likely going to be a wait-list if anything at all.

Thank you

 

[Stuart]

Hi there,

This may be a silly question but I just wanted to know what are the chances to get into medicine from the wait-list? And also I usually see people saying things like "offered a place after second round offers". How many people are offered a place per "round"? I think with my average (91.42) it is likely going to be a wait-list if anything at all.

Thank you

Hi there,

I think it's a bit up and down year to year. I would say a good proportion do get off the waitlist. It depends on how many people end up dropping out.

 

[Verdigris]

depends year to year, but it's not bad. two of my friends got in off the waitlist in 2016 (out of the ~7-10 i'm close to)

 

[Avatar Aang]

Hey I just have a question regarding the high grades seen in Otago (like 95% +)... Have the papers gone easier or the cohort gone smarter? Personally for Auckland it’s really hard to get anything over 95% for any paper. I’ve never heard of anyone getting that high. Maybe I just don’t know that many ppl but still very unlikely. Also are the papers assessed same in Otago as Auckland like labs, tests, quizzes, exam all make up a certain percentage of the overall mark?

 

[Verdigris]

papers have gotten easier this year bc apaprently THAT is how u make hsfy less stressful (nothing to do w the competition or anything... almost like they should introduce a new way to cull people e.g. an INTERVIEW)

and ppl seem to score higher each year who knows why

 

[cereal]

papers have gotten easier this year bc apaprently THAT is how u make hsfy less stressful (nothing to do w the competition or anything... almost like they should introduce a new way to cull people e.g. an INTERVIEW)

and ppl seem to score higher each year who knows why

An interview would make so much sense in the context of medicine?? And also to reduce competition. I know they used to do one and then stopped because of cost or something which is sad.