Regardless of the status of your application, a huge part of the Disney College Program experience is "The Waiting Game." The waiting game consists of constantly refreshing your email and dashboard (Disney's way of communicating with you), checking the Facebook pages incessantly, and stressing about your plans for the next semester. I know how real the struggle of waiting is, so I've compiled some tips to help you get through this transitional period:
- Try to have patience. Understand that Disney knows what they are doing, and you will eventually be done with all of this waiting.
- Focus on your schoolwork for the current semester. You still have several weeks to get through before you can even get to Disney, so don't let your grades suffer because you're too anxious!
- Keep yourself busy. Join a club, spend time with friends, work on homework, just do something to take your mind off of the waiting.
- Make plans with your school for the next semester. Regardless of your application status, it can never hurt to talk with your advisor or other faculty members about your future and how the DCP can play a role in it.
- Talk about it! Talk to your family, friends, roommates, Facebook friends, whoever you need to, and express your excitement/frustration/anxiousness or whatever you are feeling! Keeping all those feelings in will do you no good, so it's best to express yourself.
- Prepare. If you still have an interview to complete, prepare for the interviews. If you are waiting for an acceptance, prepare for both outcomes, and have a back up plan in place. If you are just waiting for your program to start, prepare for the program. Stay on top of the paperwork, look for class signups to start coming out, discuss apartment items with your roommates. Don't let it all wait until the last minute, especially while you have all of this valuable waiting time to prepare!
The Waiting Game is tough, but just stay positive! Remember, we are all in this together. Have the most magical of days! (:
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