Disney College Program for Parents Thread...

[NewMex]

Please warn you kids that many drivers in the WDW area are crazy! Most are tourists who are not familiar with the area, already stressed out, and are often driving rental cars they aren't familiar with. My daughter is there for the Spring 2012 program and has had many near misses with other cars. People suddenly make a lane a double turn right or left and turn in front or her, or are looking at a map and suddenly slow to a near stop, or run red lights, etc. So far she's been fortunate. I even have to admit that when I took her there in Jan, I left Downtown Disney without my lights on, because I was in a rental car and didn't realize I didn't have them on.

They need to drive really defensively!

 

[scrapbookinmickeyfan]

I was just wondering who on here have children attending the CP program in the Fall? My DD and her boyfriend were both accepted. My DD starts Aug. 8th and her boyfriend a couple of weeks later. Who else will be there in Aug?

My daughter will be in the Fall Advantage program. She starts on June 4 and returns home on Jan 2.

 

[APB513]

I was just wondering who on here have children attending the CP program in the Fall? My DD and her boyfriend were both accepted. My DD starts Aug. 8th and her boyfriend a couple of weeks later. Who else will be there in Aug?

My son will be doing the Fall Advantage CP and he will be working QSFB. He starts May16th.

 

[blackjackdelta]

It looks all these post have to do with WDW, what happened to DLR. My daughter got pended which i consider cruel making them wait. Can not plan for a vacation this year until this has been resolved.

Jack

 

[taigirl87]

It looks all these post have to do with WDW, what happened to DLR. My daughter got pended which i consider cruel making them wait. Can not plan for a vacation this year until this has been resolved.

Jack

I think the reason there are more posts about wdw is because there are loads more positions there. I think pending for both DL and wdw virtually have the same meaning though, what that means I don't know. I wish I did as my husband and I are both pending for wdw. I wish I knew if we got in! I'd rather not have our auditions coming up be our one shot! A role to fall back one would be nice

 

[blackjackdelta]

Thanks for writing, I am a shareholder for Disney Corp and have and will continue to express my dis-satisifaction at this process. Either plan it properly or do not do it all, it really does show Disney lack of overall organization through the ranks, very poor management.

Wishing you luck,

Jack

 

[jgraney106]

Hi everyone, well my daughter had her phone interview on Sunday as did my neice for the fall program. Today they both got accepted. My daughter will be photographer and my niece got fast food service.
They are so excited but I am a little nervous and Central New York is quite away from Disney!

I know how you feel ! I have mixed emotions too. My daughter got accepted for a merchandise role at WDW , and will check in on August 29th. We are in upstate New York.
I'm trying to find out from these boards what "wellness" and "non-wellness" means as far as the housing goes? My daughter hasn't told me much about the whole experience yet.
I hate the idea she won't be home for Christmas!

 

[mouselovenfamily]

I know how you feel ! I have mixed emotions too. My daughter got accepted for a merchandise role at WDW , and will check in on August 29th. We are in upstate New York.
I'm trying to find out from these boards what "wellness" and "non-wellness" means as far as the housing goes? My daughter hasn't told me much about the whole experience yet.
I hate the idea she won't be home for Christmas!

I believe it means this:


"Also there are two types of apartments: wellness apartments and non-wellness apartments. Wellness are dry apartments intended for participants under 21 years old. However if you are over 21 you can choose to be in a wellness apartment. Non-wellness apartments are designed for those over 21 years old."

 

[jgraney106]

I believe it means this:


"Also there are two types of apartments: wellness apartments and non-wellness apartments. Wellness are dry apartments intended for participants under 21 years old. However if you are over 21 you can choose to be in a wellness apartment. Non-wellness apartments are designed for those over 21 years old."

Thank you for the info. My daughter is 22 but doesn't drink or smoke. Hoping she is requesting wellness. She is NOT a partier by any means.

 

[figmentfan6]

Thank you for the info. My daughter is 22 but doesn't drink or smoke. Hoping she is requesting wellness. She is NOT a partier by any means.

Living in a wellness apartment does not mean there will be no alcohol, smoking or partying. It just means that if you get caught with alcohol in the apartment you can be immediately terminated. If she's not a partier or a smoker, she needs to hand pick her roommates and not leave it up to chance. I would suggest that she go non-wellness and pick roommates who are like her and not into parties and smoking. This way, she takes less of a risk if someone bring alcohol home. She may not want to be stuck with a bunch of partying 18 year-olds, which could well happen in wellness.

 

[taigirl87]

Living in a wellness apartment does not mean there will be no alcohol, smoking or partying. It just means that if you get caught with alcohol in the apartment you can be immediately terminated. If she's not a partier or a smoker, she needs to hand pick her roommates and not leave it up to chance. I would suggest that she go non-wellness and pick roommates who are like her and not into parties and smoking. This way, she takes less of a risk if someone bring alcohol home. She may not want to be stuck with a bunch of partying 18 year-olds, which could well happen in wellness.

This is the exact reason why I went non-wellness instead of wellness. My roommate and I are both lds and don't drink, so we debated back and forth but ultimately we didn't want to risk getting terminated for our roommates mistakes(they don't ask questions, so if you are over 21 and in wellness, and you didn't rat your roommates out, your gone as well they'll assume even that you supplied it). We ended up with two wonderful roommates who did drink and party, but never at home, and not in excess. And if your daughter does end up with partiers, she can always request to change. Also, she should look into staying at chatham(that's where I was) or Patterson as she runs less risk of being out with partiers there.

 

[blackjackdelta]

Thank you for the info. My daughter is 22 but doesn't drink or smoke. Hoping she is requesting wellness. She is NOT a partier by any means.

My daughter just turned 19 and will graduate this next spring and wants to move on with life. She does not party and would do wellness if selected, but the pended is killing her, she is not used to dragging her a.. with anything.

She is now just talking about doing an internship, she is just about fed up with Disney and so am I. Time to write letters again.

Jack

 

[BadDad]

This is the exact reason why I went non-wellness instead of wellness. My roommate and I are both lds and don't drink, so we debated back and forth but ultimately we didn't want to risk getting terminated for our roommates mistakes(they don't ask questions, so if you are over 21 and in wellness, and you didn't rat your roommates out, your gone as well they'll assume even that you supplied it). We ended up with two wonderful roommates who did drink and party, but never at home, and not in excess. And if your daughter does end up with partiers, she can always request to change. Also, she should look into staying at chatham(that's where I was) or Patterson as she runs less risk of being out with partiers there.

My S was a CPer last year (Spr Adv 2011)
He turned 21 down there and changed from wellness to non-wellness.
The maturity of his 21+ roommates made his experience better.
They worked together to take out garbage, clean the bathroom, and wash dishes. They respected each others work times and room temperture.

 

[BadDad]

Thank you for the info. My daughter is 22 but doesn't drink or smoke. Hoping she is requesting wellness. She is NOT a partier by any means.

If security finds alcohol in a wellness apt in an area open to all the residents, ALL residents will be terminated regardless who brought it in.

Pick non-wellness. 18 year olds are not as mature as a 22 year old. My S was 20 going on 21. His first group of roommates had taken only 1 college class and still had a H.S. mentality.

My 2 cents.

 

[Praise2Him]

My DD was 19 and "met" all 7 roommates on FB ahead of time. All agreed to no drinking, drugs, partying, etc. One month after arrival her room roommate met a boyfriend who was 26 & bought her alcohol which she put in her locker in their closet. She was termed the next day after security showed up to inspect the apartment. She told them she was the only one who drank it and no one else was termed (I guess since it was in her locker, not in the open). But anyway, it just goes to show that even though roommates may agree on things at the beginning, it can change once they get down there.

 

[Brenda P]

My dd got in to the fall program. She will be 21 when she goes. Having issues between being so excited for her and panicky and sad for me! Am I the only one? How are the other moms dealing? Also finding it stressful trying to budget enough $ to visit several times. Have not read all the posts here yet so forgive me if I ask stupid questions. What type of discounts do they get for their families to come to visit? How do you book? Should we buy annual passes now or is their some type of discount she could get on that?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Gucci65]

My daughter just turned 19 and will graduate this next spring and wants to move on with life. She does not party and would do wellness if selected, but the pended is killing her, she is not used to dragging her a.. with anything.

She is now just talking about doing an internship, she is just about fed up with Disney and so am I. Time to write letters again.

Jack

I know it's hard, but have a little patience. I believe there is a lot that goes into the College Program selection. My daughter applied for Spring 2012 the day it opened (sometime in August), had her phone interview a week later and got her acceptance 10 days after that (she is a junior). Her friend did everything exactly the same EXCEPT she was pended and finally found out around 12/10/11 that she was not accepted.

We found out later that she was on academic probation because she had dropped a few classes (which also meant bad attendance) AND her GPA was under 2.0. I also think that she limited herself because she put BBB as her first choice, character attendant as her second choice......cant' remember her third.

On the brighter side, since my daughter checked in on 1/9/12 she is absolutely LOVING everything about the program! No issues with work, classes, managers, nada. Only bad thing was that her roommate was termed from the program last week.

Good luck and although it's hard (I went thru this only a daily basis with the girls mom) it will be worth it in the end when she gets accepted :0)

 

[Gucci65]

My daughter just turned 19 and will graduate this next spring and wants to move on with life. She does not party and would do wellness if selected, but the pended is killing her, she is not used to dragging her a.. with anything.

She is now just talking about doing an internship, she is just about fed up with Disney and so am I. Time to write letters again.

Jack

Mr. Jack - I just noticed that you said your daughter will graduate next spring. So forgive me for asking.........is she still in high school? If so, that may be why she is still pending...

 

[blackjackdelta]

Mr. Jack - I just noticed that you said your daughter will graduate next spring. So forgive me for asking.........is she still in high school? If so, that may be why she is still pending...

She will graduate from Washington State University with a 4 year degree. Her GPA is about 3.9, they are about ready to start their spring break neck week. The whole process has held up the whole families plans for vacation or virtually any travel. Our vacation time has to be submitted at least 4 months in advance and most depends on when my boss is in the office. I have a contract that say I work when he does...period, plus I also work a consulting job that requires travel so we wait..
Thanks for the advice but patience is something I wish I had but do not have the luxury for.

Have a great weekend,

Jack

 

[Gucci65]

She will graduate from Washington State University with a 4 year degree. Her GPA is about 3.9, they are about ready to start their spring break neck week. The whole process has held up the whole families plans for vacation or virtually any travel. Our vacation time has to be submitted at least 4 months in advance and most depends on when my boss is in the office. I have a contract that say I work when he does...period, plus I also work a consulting job that requires travel so we wait..
Thanks for the advice but patience is something I wish I had but do not have the luxury for.

Have a great weekend,

Jack

Any news yet Jack?

Your daughter certainly has great qualifications! The only holdup I can think of is if she had very limited role choices like BBB or character attendant.