My daughter did her CP this time last year. She was in her Jr. year....and took the semester off. Her University refused to give her any credit. She was the ONLY CP in her Disney class...that didn't get any college credit. She was there from Jan. 9th until May 30th. She came home and took one summer class and then loaded up and took 21 hours, and an internship that she did get credit for.... this past Fall semester. She will graduate in Dec. instead of this May. My daughter had just turned 21 when she went and she took her car. She said that was one thing that she was happy to have while there.
She worked in MK in the Emporium. She worked LONG LONG LATE LATE hours and got sick 3 or 4 times, lost weight (didn't need to) had some tearful phone calls and missed her family and boyfriend, but she WAS PROUD TO HAVE MADE IT THROUGH WITHOUT GETTING TERMED (happens a lot) made some GREAT FRIENDS and learned some neat things. She got a great "Disney report card" at the end so.... Looking back she was glad she did it....but she prefers to be a DISNEY GUEST....and not a Disney employee. Her long term plan was to do the CP then try for a professional internship after graduation. She has since changed her mind on that.
The program is not for everyone....she saw a lot of "stuff" that she never dreamed happened behind the scenes with management and how they treated the CP kids. She said Disney definitely treats their guest better than their employees. Of course....there are lots of people that are CP's and have a wonderful experience from start to finish. Just let your daughter know that it is work and you do get to play....but you are there to do a job too with strict rules. I think some kids show up thinking it is all MAGICAL...and everything is not magical. LOL Oh let me add.....it did help her get a job when she got back. It also got her the fall internship this past year too. They told her before they even interviewed her that they were going to pick her based off of her resume. Disney does look good on their resumes!! Employers LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE with her.