My DCP Story and Application/Interview Process Part 1

I've always thought about doing the Disney College Program, but never really thought it would happen.  I mean when would I have the time with school.  I'm studying to become a teacher and my program is not very flexible unlike other majors at my school.  One day at school they were having an information session at my college about the DCP so I decided to go for fun.  The girl who spoke at the meeting is a DCP college rep, which means that she goes to my school (only she was from the Long Island campus and not directly from my campus).  Anyway her name was Kelly and she was very sweet.  Since she did the program she was able to tell us a lot about it.  She said it really helped her come out of her shell and that she would never be able to make a presentation like the one she was making for us without having done the program.  She was kind of inspirational since I sort of have the same problem.  The best part was that she is also a Child Study major, and I was amazed that she was even able to do the program.  There were other girls with the same major at the meeting so we all had a lot of questions for her.  She said she has to stay at the college longer than intended but that it was worth it.

After the meeting and hearing what Kelly had to say I became super interested in the college program, and I began to really think about it as a possibility.  I know I really wanted to do fall for the holidays and food and wine festival but I was struggling between choosing the fall semester of my senior year and graduating a semester late, or the fall after I graduate and then having to face the real world and get a teaching job immediately when I get back.

 I thought about it a lot and weighed all the pros and cons to either fall semester.  I also talked about it with Eric and he was also really interested in doing it.  We kept thinking about it up until applications came out and then we decided that we were going to go for it.  Eric actually applied first when the application first came out.  I just needed a little more time to prepare myself and to also ask the college some questions about my scholarship and having to stay an extra semester when I get back.  The college said they could put my scholarship on hold and I would still have it for the extra semester. So after hearing that I was ready to apply.  Actually I waited til like the end of February because I really wanted to prepare for the interviews (more on that in the next post).  I read a lot about them on the internet and I watched vlogs.  I also heard what it was like from Eric because he passed the first web based interview and went on to do the phone interview.  But of course I knew he'd be a shoe in, so no matter how much he said it was really easy I was still really nervous and needed to prepare...a lot.