Hey all! I'm "new" here but I just wanted to poke my head in here to say a few things. I've been lurking the college program board for about 3 months now and decided to finally chime in!
KeyBlade, I am sorry to hear that you did not even get the chance to interview. But I'm glad to hear that you might re-apply for spring 2010!
I've found this thread really interesting to read and really informative too. My story and experience so far is below
It's a long one, so don't say I didn't warn ya!
I had an experience with the college program in early April (just last month). I have lived in so. cal my entire life and have been attending a local community college for the past few years. Needless to say, I had NO idea there was a CP going on at
Disneyland. I really wish I would had known about it sooner! As soon as I heard about it in late March, I flipped out and just KNEW I had to apply. At first I was kind of hesistant about it, but the more I thought about it the more I decided that it would be a great experience for me at the very least.
Now I KNOW that technically you're supposed to be enrolled in classes at the time of your interview. In my case, I just received my AA in Dance this past january so I had not enrolled in classes for spring semester. I decided I needed a teeny break and I am planning on returning in the fall. With this in mind I decided to apply for the program anyways. I had hopes that I would be able to explain my situation to disney and have a small chance at getting in to the program.
I passed through the application process and the web based interview with no issues. I prepped myself for the phone interview and was ready to go for it with high hopes and crossed fingers. My interview was scheduled for April 16 and it came and went in a flash...literally.
I got to the very first question and the interviewer couldn't go any further. The very first question was "are you currently enrolled in classes and at what college ?". I couldn't lie, we all know disney and their spies
, so I explained that I have been a long time disney fan, I had JUST found out about the program and unfortunatly I am not in classes atm but will return in the fall. My interviewer (who was super sweet btw) sounded sincerly bummed and explained that she could not finish the interview because of that one simple issue. She said that she "had been excited to ask me questions about my past position at the
Disney Store" and then really encouraged me to re-apply in the fall.
I then asked her if I could re-schedule an interview for the end of May because our school starts enrolling for summer courses this month.
She then told me that they were in their very last leg of accepting students into the fall program and that honestly I would be best off re-applying in the fall for spring season '10, as it would open up many other opportunities for me. Meaning I could have been stuck with something like janitorial or qsf&b, I assume, since the top of my list was entertainment and those were basically the bottom. I was applying so late, I figure this would have been the case.
So moral of the story for KeyBlade is, don't give up! Re-apply for Spring '10. Just know that even though you weren't accepted, there HAD to have been a reason and it just wasn't in the cards for you THIS time. Whether it was that you applied too late or you didn't make it past the web-based interview, both things can be chalked up as learning experiences =) . Who knows...maybe we will run into each other in the Spring if we both get in!