The Beginning of the Beginning

So much has happened in the last month. Last week I got accepted into the Disney College Internship program. I decided to create a blog to document everything happening both so other people can see, and I can look back on it later.

The end of August started like a normal day. I was spending time in the CUB where I ran into my friend Alex. Somehow we got on the topic of the Disney Internship, and she pointed out how I could still apply. I then went home and looked at the website and information posted there. The steps to get into this program include filling out an application, a web interview, and a phone interview.

Within the first week of September, I filled out the application. A few days later, I recieved an email inviting me to complete the web interview. As soon as I finished the web interview, I was notified that I had been selected for the telephone interview and that I would receive an email in the next 24 hours to sign up for a time. This was Wednesday, September 14th. I scheduled the telephone interview for Friday the 23rd. This meant over a week of worrying. To add to the worrying, I woke up that day with a really, really bad cold.

With the telephone interview out of the way, I just had to wait 2 weeks to hear the results. Fortunately for me though, this 2 weeks turned into 5 days. I received an email congratulating me on getting accepted on the 28th. The only requirements to actually being able to go were that I had to finish every step of the acceptance process within 10 days, and I had to meet all of my school's requirements.

The acceptence steps weren't too bad: read 12 pages of information - including where I'd be working, what job I'd be doing, and what my pay would be - click "yes, I accept", pay a lot of money for housing (I'll pay that back soon, mom, I promise), and then accept the dates of attendence. Now that I've finished all of those steps, it's just a matter of waiting. And finishing up my quarter at Spokane Falls.

The program dates are January 8 - August 18, 2012. I will be working in Disneyland at a Food and Beverage Quick Service Restaurant. As I receive new information, or make more progress towards leaving, I will try and make new posts. Until I actually leave for Disneyland, these posts, if any, will be sporadic. I will try to post weekly, if not daily, when I leave.

~Amber