So this post will be more of an informational post about what I am currently going through with my school in preparation for hopefully getting accepted for Spring Advantage 2013 DCP at WDW.
This morning I went down to my community college and waited in line to speak with a Financial Aid rep. I took the general information about the DCP, as well as the information about classes offered and what the ACE (the American Council on Education) recommended the DCP program for. After going through the boring details that made sure I was a student, I asked my rep some questions about the Financial Aid situation while I was doing the DCP. She told me that as long as I was partially enrolled at my college for anywhere from 2-5 credits I would continue to receive my financial aid. This is important to me because while I'm down there I can take a few easy general ed classes, explain to my professor what I'm doing and where I am and also keep my enrollment at my school.
After having a good long conversation and getting a lot of paperwork filled out and information given to me, I was sent down to enrollment services where I pulled a number and waited. After being called, I explained my information to the registrar and asked if there was someone I could speak to about the credits I might be able to get. She had a woman come and speak to me who gave me some not so great news.
She said that our college doesn't affiliate with Disney, which I knew (and hope to change) and that they might be able to award me credit based on these classes, but that there was a like $300 fee per class I wanted reviewed, and no guarantee that I would be awarded the credits. Grr, this annoys me big time.
I do have one last idea before I start looking into duel enrollment at another college, which is a consortium agreement. I'm not 100% sure what this entitles, but looking on the web I came across this:
Found Here
Now I don't know if this will work, but I'm hoping that I can work it out with school to get those credits!
Kelci
This morning I went down to my community college and waited in line to speak with a Financial Aid rep. I took the general information about the DCP, as well as the information about classes offered and what the ACE (the American Council on Education) recommended the DCP program for. After going through the boring details that made sure I was a student, I asked my rep some questions about the Financial Aid situation while I was doing the DCP. She told me that as long as I was partially enrolled at my college for anywhere from 2-5 credits I would continue to receive my financial aid. This is important to me because while I'm down there I can take a few easy general ed classes, explain to my professor what I'm doing and where I am and also keep my enrollment at my school.
After having a good long conversation and getting a lot of paperwork filled out and information given to me, I was sent down to enrollment services where I pulled a number and waited. After being called, I explained my information to the registrar and asked if there was someone I could speak to about the credits I might be able to get. She had a woman come and speak to me who gave me some not so great news.
She said that our college doesn't affiliate with Disney, which I knew (and hope to change) and that they might be able to award me credit based on these classes, but that there was a like $300 fee per class I wanted reviewed, and no guarantee that I would be awarded the credits. Grr, this annoys me big time.
I do have one last idea before I start looking into duel enrollment at another college, which is a consortium agreement. I'm not 100% sure what this entitles, but looking on the web I came across this:
A Consortium Agreement is a contract between two colleges/universities that recognize the registration of a student at each site for financial aid purposes. The consortium agreement also certifies that only one of the two colleges/universities will administer Title IV financial aid for the student. The Consortium Agreement refers to the two colleges/universities as the “Home Campus” and the “Host Campus”. The “Home Campus” is the school where the student is fully admitted and from which he/she will get a degree. The “Host Campus” is where the student temporarily takes courses, whose credits will be transferred back to his/her “Home Campus”.
Found Here
Now I don't know if this will work, but I'm hoping that I can work it out with school to get those credits!
Kelci
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