Pre-Med Projects 1 Week Work Experience - Worth it?

Recently I've been casually browsing medicine work experiences and I came across a 1 week work experience by Pre-Med projects.
They offer work experience at least 2 different Hospitals and a 35 Hours Work Experience plus some additional BMAT and UCAT preparation and interview preparation.
Sounds great to me however they say the overall cost is £1895 and frankly that's just a bit expensive.
They do give us the option to split it into monthly payments (which we definitely will have to do) but I'm still hesitant about it and unsure whether I should consider booking it.
Currently Y12 studying for medicine at a top university so I'm looking for any worthwhile experience.
Any tips, help or advice on the matter appreciated.
Many thanks!

Reply 1

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Reply 2

anyaferguson7

Original post by Kacper Z

Hey! Fellow med applicant here :smile:

Personally I would say it’s not worth it- out of all the advice i’ve heard regarding work experience, the main point always seems to be to not pay for any form of work experience- chances are you’ll be able to find it yourself for free. A lot of these programmes will happily take large sums of money from you for something you could perhaps find yourself. I know there’s a lot of virtual work experience online that you can find for free- Brighton and Sussex Medical School offer a great virtual programme, so that’s definitely worth checking out. In terms of hospital work experience, check some hospital websites close to you, as a lot of them have application forms or email addresses that you can use to contact them to arrange a shadowing placement. I managed to find a volunteering placement at my local hospital through their website and it’s given me some great experiences. As far as Im aware, work experience is all about how you reflect on it rather than how much you do, as different people have different amounts of access to it.

With the ucat and bmat support i completely understand wanting the support as there’s not really many options out there regarding preparation . However, I do know that you can get support from elsewhere for much cheaper- I’m currently using Medify and it’s incredibly helpful. They also offer a bundle which makes it a lot cheaper if you plan on sitting both ucat and bmat which provides resources and tutorials for both rather than buying separately- the mocks are so so helpful in measuring your progress and there’s huge question banks to nail down practice. Medify ranges from £35-£500 + so it’s definitely a lot more cost effective- the bundle I’m using was £123 and it’s got all resources and support i’ll need up until both exams

hope this helps :smile: