Culinary Institute of America Top Questions

The worst thing about my school is the high tuition cost and the dining services provided. Included in your tuition is two meals a day for monday through friday but not for the weekends. Also there is only one small place to eat on the weekendsif you have bought extra meals.

The availability of food. Out of seven production kitchens on a typical day I will have one or two that i can get food from because of my schedule. The quantity production kitchen which provides the majority of meals for the school has disappointing food on a daily basis and this is the one kitchen Ican normally eat from.

I have just started, so I'm still in awe of everything that goes on here. I can't think of a single thing that is bad here. Everyone here is so passionate about what we do here and the teachers provide us with so much information on all aspects of food. CIA is a haven for everyone who has a passion for food.

It's far from home, I love my family and I will miss them.

Every three weeks a class graduates, and another begins. Extracurricular activities are hard to come by, because the leaders or officers graduate, go off on extern or take time off. There never seems to be a consistency or any diversity of activities because of that.

As a high school graduate attempting to pay for my education at this school, the biggest obstical i'm faced with at this time is the lack of money earning opportunties provided by the school.

The employment outreach program could be a alot better.

The worst thing I could think of about my school The Culinary Institute of America is a very good rule in all actuality. Missing class is counted heavily against your GPA!!!!!!! CIA has one of the strictest attendance policies out of any school. In a three week class you can -not miss any more than two classes without failing the class. In a six week class block (taking 5 to 6 class in regular semester style) you can ?not have more than four total absences. The school gives you options to retake the classes cheap though.

We are known as the biggest party school in America. People then tend to think that we are irresponsible and obnoxious students. We just like to have our fun.

I believe the worst thing about The Culinary Institute of America is that academic classes aren't as "important" as the practical classes. While I understand that the practical classes (kitchen and lunch/dinner service classes) are really more necessary for Culinary Arts or Baking and Pastry students, I feel that the academic classes could be treated a little more seriously.

The school is very expensive be very careful about funding before you choose the school.

The worst thing about my school is the intense schedule. We run on a trimester with only a two week winter break and a three week summer break. It can get very stressful.

The Worst thing might just be it's location, on a friday or saturday night all you want to do is get away from campus but there is nothing so some students usually make the wrong choices. Careful with what you do.

Probably the worst thing about the CIA is the students lack of pride and respect for their school. I see so many instances where arrogance and, generally, single-mindedness reigns in the classrooms and kitchens. The CIA is a tremendously influential school and it rightly deserves the respect of its student body, its faculty, and the general population.

I feel that this school tends to water down some of the academic classes due to many of the students being more geared towards practical applications than academic endeavors.