CP Collegiate courses?

[SecondStartotheright]

Is it a good idea to take the courses that Disney offers?

I'm tossing around some different options. If I don't take at least one course, I will have to start paying back my student loan.
I'm trying to decide whether I want to take one of the courses Disney offers as part of the CP, or if I want to take just some pud online class through my college.
On one hand, I think that some of the Disney courses sound interesting, but I've never talked to anyone who did them. On the other, I think I would appreciate the flexibility of taking an easy online course through my college.

Does anyone have any advice, opinions, or experiences to share?

 

[WhateverLolaWants]

I opted to not take any Disney classes. I was already taking a class for my internship (writing logs every week, paper at the end). I wanted as much free time as possible when I was not working. I wanted one last fun experience before graduating and heading to the real world. I would take the online class through your school if you want to take a class. Even though I was still taking a class for credit, the loan people called me while I was in Florida to tell me I had to start paying since I was no longer a full time student. Luckily I was able to defer them, but you might want to double check for sure that you won't have to start paying them back.

 

[SecondStartotheright]

Well according to the bank, as long as I'm taking at least one course, I won't have to start paying my loan back. And I'm kind of leaning towards just taking an online class, so that I have some extra free time outside of work too.
But the cp courses sounded like they could be okay too, but like I said, I don't know anyone who has participated in one.

 

[bennyb98]

It really depends on how good of a student you are and how motivated with homework you can be. I didn't take any classes but then again I always wait until the last minute to do HW now anyways. One thing to keep in mind is to think about how busy you will be. Some people I have talked too have loved the classes others felt it was too much work to handle along with the job. I personally didn't take any classes because of the work load and I wanted to enjoy all my free time to go to the parks, hang out and do all the activities. Just some things to consider.

 

[Berlioz70]

Is it a good idea to take the courses that Disney offers?

Does anyone have any advice, opinions, or experiences to share?

I took two courses and HIGHLY recommend them. It was a great way to meet more people, to network with more people at Disney and I learned a lot of interesting stuff too. I personally found the homework a breeze. Here is a vlog all about courses:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fevpof8-IoQ&feature=related

And here is my graduation vlog - I show my Mousters Degree. A plus of the classes is if you take a collegiate one you get a "Ducktorate" and if you take one of the others you get a "Mousters." Personally, I think that's a good enough reason to take a class!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AitF6H00gsg&feature=related

 

[joepic]

nice videos, thank you!

 

[Soarin08]

I've already got a full load with online classes via my college so I won't be taking any courses. I'm not required to anyways- I get 3 hrs. credit for working at WDW.