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“My London Experience”

written by KaylinLeslie on 23/08/2016

17 years old and my first trip abroad without family and I loved every minute of it. I arrived at the airport nervous and not knowing what to expect but found our leader in Terminal 5 with no problems and got to know the rest of some of the students who had arrived by plane. I had a long 13 hour flight from Hong Kong and I did have to wait another 2 hours in London airport before we took the tansport to the hostel so when I got there I was very thankful to see my bed! We had a few hours to settle in and choose our beds then we had a welcome from our leaders and a group dinner. The next day we went on sightseeing around London and to the London dungeons which was a god way to scare us all into getting to know each other ☺

The hospital work began the next day with us visiting the dissection room and mortuary in the hospital. We were allowed to see the Cadavers and had a truly memorable day there, I never ever imagined we would be able to see this before I apply to university. We had a talk from current medical students and the next day went to another hospital, this time for a dissection 2 day workshop which was great fun. We volunteered in care homes and worked with many doctors during the 2 weeks too.

The staff were eager to help at all times and stayed in the accommodation on the floor below, meaning we were allowed to have fun together with our new friends but always have them close if they were needed.

We went to see Book of Mormon at the theatre and had many chances to shop and see all of the London sights too. I genuinely have made friends on this trip that I will keep in touch with forever and have work experience for medicine, volunteer experience and all the information I need for ucas forms and interviews so do feel equipped for when I start the process. If you are international student thinking of studying medicine in UK then I would recommend Premed Projects to you to go on.