Posts by paisan

Glad to hear your'e doing well......My entry date at the CIA is Dec 3rd.....cant wait to start....even though I will only be there about 3 weeks and then coming back home for 2 weeks i'm anxious to get rolling. Once I go back there will...

I was speaking with a friend of mine whom I worked with a couple of years ago about the cirriculum at the CIA and got a barrage of questions such as....."what the #@*k is gastronomy? interpersonal communication? culinary...

vzank......for me going to a mediocre community college just wont cut it. I was looking for a well-rounded program involving the teaching of several different cuisines, as well as a thorough cirriculum of management classes. As far as...

Watch out when choosing a school for their hire rate...... you dont know where they were hired to....... its great if 90% of the students were placed within a certain amount of time, but if theyre workin for colnel sanders making...

Tasbury.....The CIA has just added a few more entry dates for the Baking and Pastry Arts program....not sure how many that makes now, but they've upped it from 8... Now i'm not real sure of the cirriculum, as I am enrolled in the...

By reading some of your other posts, one would never guess....

The AOS program at CIA is around 21 months, depending on how long you spend on extern. Minimum extern is 18 weeks, although some rest. require at least one year. You start with the basics ie. sanitation, identification, culinary math,...

Really fishpaw??? Maybe you could let me know where to find one.....im looking to take the easy way out of a degree and get mine from mail-order.....:rolleyes: There are some things you dont necessarily learn in kitchens....chefs...

Jeff..... from what I know, the Greystone campus is for continuing education, not the entire program. And for those of you who feel you are too poor to attend a high dollar school, I can tell you that I am about as poor as they come...

Actually, a realative of mine is going to J&W this year, and it is no cheaper than going to the CIA. It may be advantageous, although difficult to pursue a double major there...... but there are things I didnt like about how they go...