ALMOST A SCAM --> AVERAGE TEACHING!
1) A lot of the material is recycled from Medic Mind (I purchased Medic Mind as well, and saw that the resources were copied straight from them. E.g. changed resources from UCL Medical School to Monash Medical School)
2) The videos provided weren't exhaustive, and didn't cover all sections in detail (e.g. Decision Making Subtest; there was no videos on interpreting information, or the specific types of Venn diagram questions).
3) Pricing. Other companies such as MedEntry, Medify and MedicMind are better choices. (I purchased all three for less than $600!!, less than a third of Shanaka's program). They were much better.
4) Shanaka's marketing is really good; it will make you want to buy it (make you seem that you can't do well without his program). Trust me, other companies do the same information; most of Shanaka's tutorials are ripped straight from MedicMind; you're better of going with them.
5) The Weekly Calls were exceptionally good; you could ask any questions there
6) The videos were good for understanding things conceptually; but I wish they could delve a bit deeper into the specific question types like MedEntry and MedicMind.
7) It took them over 7 months to process my refund, giving it to me in 4 x $500 blocks. That was really unreasonable (ultra pissed about that). I still haven't recieved the final $500 payment.
8) If you are doing the program for more than 1 year (e.g. I was 2 years away from my UCAT); then they will make you buy a Medify subscription with your own money (extra $200). It's not included for people who are sitting the UCAT 2 to 3 years down the line. Their website says its included till the date of your UCAT.
9) Good thing they have a 100% money back guarantee --> there was no way that I'd pay that much for UCAT preparation. It's downright (almost) a scam. If you have cash to burn; go for it (the Q&A calls were really good; the teaching could be better). You're better off supplementing UCAT secrets with other prep companies.
