rejected/NLIC - then extended offer?

[laundry]

We have an exciting opportunity available to a limited number of candidates!
At this time we would like to offer you the chance to participate in our upcoming Fall 2012 Disney College Program at the Walt Disney World Resort. If you are interested, please read the program requirements below.
Candidates must be receptive to the following:
Candidates Must Be Receptive to the Following Requirements:
Participants must be receptive to ALL of the following roles:
Merchandise
Quick-Service Food & Beverage
Participants must be at least 18 years old by the time the program begins.
Participants must also have unrestricted work authorization in the United States.
Participants must have full availability for Fall 2012 – approximately August through January
Participants must be willing to work at the Walt Disney World Resort (near Orlando, FL)
Participants must be willing to arrive on September 5, 2012
To Accept:
Please respond to this email ASAP as there is a very limited number of opportunities available.
The deadline to express interest is Thursday, July 19th at 12pm EST
Note: Due to limited number of roles, we will be accepting students on a first come, first serve basis
If selected to move forward, you will see updated information on your dashboard by 5:00 PM EST on Friday, July 20 instructing you to accept your role. Please continue to check your dashboard regularly for updates.
As a reminder, acceptance of this program will require a Program Assessment Fee Payment of $300 due at time of acceptance.


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Has this happened to anyone before? Or does anyone have information as to why it may happen? Do you know how they select people for this, or why? Thanks, all!

 

[HyperionDreamer]

There have been other posts about this, so it sounds like they may have been coming up short with recruits this year. I would guess they probably keep a sort of internal "waiting list" pile of interviewees that didn't quite make the cut, but that they still really liked, just in case. Some of my friends applying to grad school got very similar letters from certain universities after they'd been waitlisted.

Also, nice to see someone else from Indiana!

 

[Buzz's Buddy]

My daughter received an e-mail like this on July 2nd, immediately replied that she was interested and received her acceptance on July 5th. At that time, they had positions available in Costuming, Attractions, Merchandise and QSFB. Evidently, they filled the first two (my daughter got Attractions) but still have room in the last two.

We're speculating that they did not get enough people in the spring and thus are trying to add more people at the last minute.

 

[laundry]

Where are you from in Indiana? I'm NWI

So, did your daughter send in a specific role she was hoping to get, out of those options? I saw it and replied within 20 minutes (do you think that was fast enough!?), and then realized I should probably send in a request - merchandise, because I did this on my first program and loved it! I double emailed which I hope didn't annoy them to no end
Also, did she just see it on her dashboard?

 

[khancock]

They've done this before when they suddenly have a bunch of openings to fill.

Since they are limited on participants based on housing occupancy and they aren't opening any more complexes, they probably had something fall through.

My guess is that it would be with one of the International Programs like the International College Program. They work in the same spots as the regular CP. It could be that they couldn't secure the right visas or they just decided to make that program smaller.

 

[Buzz's Buddy]

So, did your daughter send in a specific role she was hoping to get, out of those options? I saw it and replied within 20 minutes (do you think that was fast enough!?), and then realized I should probably send in a request - merchandise, because I did this on my first program and loved it! I double emailed which I hope didn't annoy them to no end
Also, did she just see it on her dashboard?

She only replied that she was interested and they assigned her to attractions, which was one of the original requests she had made in the spring.

20 minutes should be fast enough! My daughter responded 30 minutes after the e-mail was received.

Good luck!