well i did the student--3 months for 99 bucks..didnt have to pay the membership fee..
but if you are , i know mine has ways so you wont have to pay the fee--this month it is if you have had a mammogram in the last year.....(they told me if i signed up for regular membership, they would waive my fee, since im not old enough for mammogram, they said if i had been to the gyno in the last year)...so just see if there is any way to waive it!