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Baking and Pastry Arts Certificate or A.A. Degree?

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9/11/08 at 10:20am
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I'm looking into culinary schools and after narrowing down my options I'm stuck in a predicament. I applied for the Baking and Pastry Arts certificate program at the Culinary Institute of America California Campus but there is a Baking and Pastry Arts program at my local community college which is much cheaper and would give me an associates degree. The problem is which one do I go for? The degree or the name?
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9/11/08 at 2:37pm
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Degree always wins.

bake first, ask questions later.
Oooh food, my favorite!


Professor Pastry Artswww.CCCCD.edu

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9/11/08 at 3:53pm
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I agree with M Brown. Take the degree.

You can actually get a surprisingly good education at a community college. I got my degree from one, and have many times felt I had the better education than friends and coworkers who got more expensive educations.

But then again, maybe I just paid better attention in my classes ;)

Erik

"Health nuts are going to feel stupid one day, lying in the hospital dying of nothing"
-Redd Foxx

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9/12/08 at 9:03pm
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Degree wins hands down. If you want to advance in management you can get a Bachelors degree and many if not all of your credits from your Associates will transfer. As said also, many CC (Community College) provide excellent training at a fraction of the cost. One of the top City Club chefs is a graduate of a CC.
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