College Program CHAOS

Okay so a few crazy things have happened to CPers since June started.

1) Room mate matching opened up

Room mate matching means Disney will find a room mate for you. They look at your arrival date, your role, and your age and match you with another CPer. I did not opt into this (so I thought) because I wanted to find my own room mate (And I did, Hi Michelle!). Imagine my surprise when I get an e-mail from Disney Housing telling me about my new room mate. She seemed really nice and she sent me an e-mail but I already had a room mate. So I got in touch with her, explained the situation, and then opted out. After that I quickly contacted Michelle and asked for her application number so that I could request her as my room mate. I did this, and now Michelle is my OFFICIAL room mate! YAY!

But how did I opt in? I thought I had said no earlier and told them I was picking my own room mate. Well, apparently I opted in. This happened to several other people. Your options weren't explained very well. But it's all good now.

2) Disney sent out an e-mail asking if anyone wanted to switch from August 9th to September 6th.

This caused CHAOS on Facebook. Luckily, my awesome room mates warned me about it before I even GOT the e-mail. I'm not sure if September 6th is a new date that they added or if they just over booked people on the 9th. Either way this e-mail caused a few panic attacks. Some people thought Disney wasn't really asking, and they were just notifying us of the switch. Some people thought they were politely saying "You MUST change dates."

Whatever they were requesting I'm not changing my date. I'm going insane waiting for August. I do not want to add ANY days to my countdown. I WILL be there on August 9th, and hopefully I'll see a lot of you there.

On a more personal update note.

I no longer need to worry about Financial Aid. As long as the school knows my situation THEY will take care of it. I've also been given permission by my parents to opt out of my federal work study. Mom said I should spend the last semester completely focused on schoolwork and enjoying my last semester.

And I'm all for it.

Alright, well, that's all for now folks!

Have a magical day!

Top 5 Things I MUST Do Before I Leave for Florida

Today's Top 5 has to do with preparing to leave school and arrive at the CP. These are the top 5 most important things for me to do before I even start to pack.

5. Find 4 apartment-mates so that Michelle and I can get into a 3 Bedroom apartment.

Right now this is at the bottom of my priority list but as I take care of the other four it will work it's way up. Michelle and I want to be in a 3 Bedroom because rent ist cheaper so we need 4 other roomies. We may have two more lined up but we have to see how a few things pan out. So we're still for sure looking for 2 more.

4. Make sure SOMEONE fixes my car.

I need my car. Right now Ruby the Escahpay isn't feeling very well and no one can tell me what's wrong. I wish there was a Dr. House of mechanics that would be awesome. My dad's going to try and find someone to fix it by Spring Break, but we'll see if that happens.

3. Visit my advisors and inform them of why I won't be registering for Fall classes.

I have made advising appointments for the week after Spring Break to inform my advisors where I'll be going and when I'll be contacting them to register for Spring classes. I'm very excited about it, but I'm nervous as well. My Advertising Advisor knows nothing about the program and he didn't seem very thrilled about me applying.

2. Visit Sharon in Career Development to discuss the necessary paperwork

Sharon is the amazing Disney Rep for my school's Career Development Center. She helped me figure out the possible complications like insurance and financial aid before I even applied. She gave me to do lists for after I got in and tips for the phone interview. I'm going to meet with her to discuss the forms I need to fill out before I leave. Some of the questions on them are phrased in a scary way. I don't want them to think I'm dropping out.

1. Call the registrar and schedule my senior audit.

This is my second to last semester and as such I must have the registrar office tell me how close I am to graduating. Some time in the next week I need to call and set up my audit. My very last semester of College will be the semester after I get back from the CP so I need to go ahead and have that done.

Until next time, have a magical day!

Tales of a Disney College Program Fall 2010 Cast Member -- Vlog #6

This was edited with FlipVideo so I couldn't do the things I normally do in Windows Movie Maker. I'll be back to using Movie Maker next vlog.

Until next time, have a magical day!

Tales of a Disney College Program Hopeful -- Vlog #5

Until next time, have a magical day!

FIVE SECOND DANCE PARTY!

Seriously! Everyone dance for five seconds! I've even provided you with music!

What? Why are we dancing you ask?

BECAUSE I'M IN! I'VE OFFICIALLY BEEN INVITED TO BE A PART OF THE DISNEY COLLEGE PROGRAM!

This morning at 11:38 AM I got this in my e-mail in box:

I'm a merchandise cast member for Fall 2010! YAY!

I'll vlog/blog about the full story tomorrow!

Unitl next time, have a magical day!