<p>By the way, I am taking it personally because the way you two are speaking so negatively about this makes it clear that you think it’s stupid of me to want to do this program. Not to mention people should be able to hear all sides of the story- not just your negativity.</p>
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<p>Just his head. :)</p>
<p>October, I can’t say that I give a flying damn what you do. I just let you know about my experience which you repeatedly claimed my experience was wrong because you “read it on their website.”</p>
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sorry, gave the head to the dog. i got half an ear left. you can have a tyson style sandwich.</p>
<p>I’m not saying it was wrong- I’m just saying that’s not how it is NOW. Now people get paid more than $6.40 an hour, and now it clearly says that they will work you more than 50 hours a week. I also know this because I’ve been told what I am being paid, and I’ve heard from enough people their experience with working and that you can very well get an insane amount of hours in a work week.</p>
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<p>why does it even matter to you what we think?</p>
<p>It doesn’t matter- I know I’m going, I know I’m excited. I’d never, ever change my mind because of what two people on a message board said. I just don’t want others to think this is a really stupid decision to make. People would have read this thread and may have decided, oh, crap, this would be such a stupid thing to do, unless someone came back and said something else about it.</p>
<p>I did AmeriCorps NCCC, which was a 10 month service program that I’m really happy I did. NCCC is cool because you get to do 4-6 different service projects in different locations and different service areas, so you get a really great variety of experiences. The negatives? Not much independence, so it can be hard during the program. However I’m really glad I did it, I got to have so many more experiences than I ever thought possible (ex. I was a wildland firefighter & chainsaw certified!)</p>
<p>There’s also some really cool semester abroad programs out there. I’m currently working for Costa Rica Outward Bound ([Costa</a> Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School :: HOME PAGE :: Outward Bound](<a href=“http://www.crrobs.org%5DCosta”>http://www.crrobs.org)) and we have some awesome 3 month courses where you can get credit for backpacking, rafting, surfing, etc. </p>
<p>I’ve also volunteered on an organic farm in Ecuador, if you’re interested in organic farming you can looking into wwoof.org. There’s tons of volunteering oppt’s out there- but you end up paying a lot of money for some of them, so make sure to research that the money is really going to the people who need it.</p>
<p>I completed my freshman year and almost half of my sophomore year at college when I freaked out and had a serious mental breakdown at school. It turns out that I became severely depressed and could not focus or concentrate on my academics. I was put on medicine and therapy and ultimately decided to take the next semester off of school. I’m also not too thrilled with my school or major and am really unsure of what I want to do with my life. Is it silly to take a semester off to refocus and get mentally and physically back on track? A lot of my friends think its a bad idea and that I will never be able to go back school, but my parents are really supportive about it and just want to see me get better. Right now I just don’t think I will be able to handle the stresses of academic work when I am clearly not in the right mindset. However, I am really unsure of what I should be doing at home to help me get better insight on what I want to do with my life or even how to get back into the swing of things. Does it look really bad to take time off? Will I be regretting it in the long run?</p>
<p>^ As long as it’s not going to ruin your financial aid, I don’t think that’s a bad idea at all! Even if financial aid would be affected, there could be ways to work around it. Just try to find something productive you could do in your semester off that will help you. Try to make goals and stay focused on being able to go back to school. Maybe get a job, an internship, or volunteer. Nothing too stressful, but something to occupy your time and give you some experience, something to do, something to learn. You could also do a ton of more research during this time to see if there is another major or school you might like better. What’s important is that you keep getting better! Put yourself in a positive environment and keep focused on feeling better about life. Good luck!!</p>
<p>lol so excited I can now post something! Even tho it has been a while! Well Let me tell you about myself! I was a happy camper at my College majoring in Education (History) and all of the sudden I was passing through the library and I see this purplr, very colorful post on the wall that says DISNEY COLLEGE PROGRAM PAID INTERNSHIP! DON’T MISS OUT! APPLY NOW! and it gave me all the details of whre to go and everything, so to make the whole story shorter… the following day (I got lucky)* I thought* and they were having that presentation you have to attend first and I went to it and this guy talked and talked, and talked and TALKED… and showed us lots and LOTS of MAGICAL VIDEOS making it look like it was the best thing ever, WORKING FOR THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH! YAY! I was so excited… I had a good job for this Xcompany and I lost it because I quitted to go work for Disney. YAY ME! So, here I am now, as a former Cast Member, working at MouseGear in Epcot… let me tell you it is not the happiest place on earth at least for me… if you get a nice job like character… like let’s see photopass… like perhaps character attendant… but if you work in merchandise or quick food and beverages services, it is living hell… I know some people love it, some people that apparently has never gotten out of her house and had never worked in thwir whole life… but IT IS NOT WORTH MISSING OUT A SEMESTER OF COLLEGE for a minimum wage and working 50 + hours a week, especially in a stock room or with obnoxious guests that think they deserve everything in life because they are at Disney World… I AM OFFICIALLY QUITTING… next week, and unless you like to work for a minimum wage and lots of hours per week then that is taken out of your check… because if you at least live at Manhattan ir California a nice place … ok expensive but here in Orlando, this smelly apartment that they barely clean… and that there’s no view of anything… why so much money plus it’s for college students, there should be less, I have 7 roommates, 8 with me and I still pay 92 dollars! 92 times 8 = what 736 dollars per week!!! what is this apartment worth a month! come on ! 2944!!! this is not NEW YORKKK OR CALIFORNIA< NOT EVEN MIAMI BEACH!! It’s ugly, Orlando, this apartments are not even that close to Disney, they are about 30 minutes the closest on, which is EPCOT! Magic Kingdom is about 45 minutes! My apartment even has a green carpet… everything was super dirty when I came over ehere, and I had no cooking utensil or anything that fully furnished is a lie… one sofa and a dinner table, nothing else… and two hard beds… and a little night stand…nothing else… it is not worth living my house, my good job, and missing a semester for this… and prepare… some managers are jerks… even if you are late one minute it will still count towards you as a half point and be early to catch the bus… sometimes you even have to stand that’s not fun when you’re been working 10 or 11 hours, coming home in your feet in a vrowded bus… all I had to say and clarify, this is not meant to argue with anyone, this is just my opinion on what I have particularly experienced at my internship, if you did it and you liked it, good luck, Im happy for you…</p>