Culinary Institute of America Top Questions

It is Far from home.

It is very expensive and provides minimal finantial aid.

The worst thing at our school is all of the tours that we have. Since the Culinary Institute of America is a popular destination for tours of all types, it always feels as if we are animals in a zoo. And because of this we have to act professional at all times and must always be in uniform or business casual clothes.

The worst thing about the CIA is that if you fall behind or miss one day, it is close to impossible to recover.

People are not mitivated enough and take things for granted

Nothing to do on weekends!! The school does not help with food on weekends. The school is not exactly in a college town so if you do not have a car then weekends are boring and ususally involve ordering domino's pizza or chinese take out.

All the rules. They often get in the way of a great education and true learning... becomes more about the rules and regulations than about the education

The worse thing about the CIA is that it is not like a normal college, and the book learning classes just are not at the same caliber as that at a regular university. Also it is hard to have a real community feel and school sprirt due to the rolling admission and progressive learning year system. People are constantly coming and going.

Most of the chefs teach us the same thing, but in different ways, so when we enter a new class, sometimes the chef confuses us or tells us his or her "right" way of doing it.

It is expensive. I still feel it is almost worth the money though.

The worst thing about the Culinary Institute of America is that the housing needs to be updated for the older buildings in order to make the housing more comfotable for the students and keep up wth other universities around the United States. The dorms are small and old even including AC units from the 80's or older which work horribly especially in the brick wall rooms.

The worst thing is the cost. It is incredibly expensive, bu the facilities and services are stellar, and worth the price of tuition.

The worst thing abut the CIA would be the demanding schedule ,physical labor and mental toughness. for each class. Although for this profession these are the requirements needed. The proper mindset and motivation to stirve for contant prefection can be tiresome though. Many of the students are in a routine that places a blindfold on their eyes to everything that is happening in the would.

The absolute worst thing about this school is that the tuition is constantly increasing. My tuition has increased several thousand dollars and I've only been here 18 months. I think that once you enroll, your tuition should be fixed. The student loans my parents took out no longer cover my anticipated tution for my last two years, and now I'm forced to apply for dozens of scholarships in the hopes that I can raise enough money to finish college. And beyond that, we now have one less day of classroom time as the tuition is increasing.

They try to fit too many students in in a year, so the coursework is very compounded, making us miss most vacations that other colleges get.

Hours of class time

They can work on improving transportation around and out of the campus since it can be difficult to get around places without a car. Other than that, the school is constantly trying to improve by working with the students.

the worst thing is student parking is to far away. this school also cost way too much money and i want the office people to work on saterday so i can get my paper work done when i have free time.

The one thing that I just can't stand is the amount of money it costs. This school is very expensive to go to. The quality of learning is very high but for someone that does not have a lot of money, it can be hard to attend here, the school itself does not offer that many financial aid options.

I have heard that students have learned alot more in the past and the chefs an professors are not teaching us the best. The school dropped alot of their classes so students finsh earlier.