The application for the Disney College Program is surprisingly
easy. Unlike most college applications, there are no "about me",
"a challenge I have overcome", or "why you should accept
me" essays. Almost all of the application is basic information about you:
birthday, the college you attend, the year you will graduate, and things of
that nature. Now a résumé is not required or encouraged when applying for the DCP. There is a spot
on the application though that asks you to list past work and volunteer experience.
They will also ask you other things like if you have even committed a felony
or been arrested. They also ask your preferences of Walt Disney World or
Disneyland and Fall/Spring Advantage or Fall/Spring.
The most nerve racking part of the application is the section that
you choice which roles you would like to do. This section is one of the last
ones that you come across. Here there will be a lot of pictures with a role
title and drop bar below it. In the drop bar there are four options: highly interested,
moderate interest, low interest, and no interest. Now everyone has a different
strategy to this part of the application. Some choose to put at least low
interest on every role, because they want to have more of a chance to get
accepted. Others choose to only put interest on their top three roles, because
those are the only ones they would want to do. I chose the middle route, like
most do. I only put interest in the jobs I would really want to do or would be
fine with doing if I got it. For example, I did not want to work in custodial
because I don't want deal with cleaning bathrooms so I put no interest. I
really did not want to do merchandising but if I was accepted into the program
in the merchandise role I would not mind doing it so I put low interest. In the
end I wound up with about six or seven roles with interest. My advice for this
part would be
•Don't be afraid to put no interest on a role
-you won't want to get to the DCP and hate your role, there are plenty of people, myself included, that had more no interest roles than interest and got in to the program just fine
•Make sure you have about 4 to 6 roles with some type of interest
-you don't want to have too few roles with any interest, most phone interviewers ask for you to list your top three roles during the interview so start with three and add interest to some others that if you didn't get your top choices you still wouldn't mind doing on the DCP
•Put high interest in your top 1 to 3 roles
-this will help them see exactly what you are interested in and it will help them tailor your phone interview (if you make it to that round) better and it that will make placing you in a role easier for them because they have
•Read up on all of the roles before you decide you have no interest in it
- a roll that you think will be really just right for you might not be what you want, and a roll that you think will be horrible to do and it actually isn’t bad at all
•Don't be afraid to try for a role you have never had experience in
-most cast members never had experience in their roles beforehand
•Don't put high interest on every single role
-both you, I, and Disney know you are not that interested in every type of role they offer, which leads to my last tip on this part of the application
•Be true to yourself when deciding your interest levels on the roles
-Don't put that you have interest in something that you wouldn't want to do or more interest on something that you are truly only lowly interested in just because that is what you think Disney or someone else will like to see
Remember these are just my opinions, you should look at some other suggestions from CPs as well and find out how you personally want to approach the application.
Remember, like any job or college application you should take your time and make sure everything on it looks and sounds like you want it to before you submit it. When you have completed and turned in your application you will receive an email like the following thanking you for applying.
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