<p>Hi~
I'm a Junior in High School, and I am planning to go CIA (Culinar Institute of America) or French Culinary Institute.... Could you tell me good culinary schools????? and my SAT and SAT2 scores are really low... do they care about that??? but I got a really GPA.. please help me~~</p>
<p>they don't care about SAT or SAT2 scores...they don't really care about GPA either. Pennsylvania Culinary Institute is good also...basically any of the Le Cordon Bleu schools (google them)</p>
<p>"...any of the Le Cordon Bleu schools."</p>
<p>He's right. </p>
<p>Also, like the above poster said, don't sweat your GPA or SAT scores.</p>
<p>You might want to look into Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Oregon. They're Cordon Bleu affiliated and, I believe, the top graduate gets a job as a chef at the Playboy Mansion.</p>
<p>Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, is good. Low SATs do not matter. If you have good grades, no problem getting in.</p>
<p>There is also a Johnson and Wales in Charlotte, NC</p>
<p>In a Playboy mansion?? COol~ Well... It was a lot of help thanks!</p>
<p>It really depends. Charlie Trotter's, arguably the best American chef, studied Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Jeff Pickus, a rising young star in the US Culinary circles (now the Sous Chef in charge of meat and fish at Alinea in Chicago), earned a BS in Civil Engineering at the UIUC. Patrick O'Connell, executive Chef and Owner of the Inn at Little Washington is also widely considered to be one of the top 2 or 3 American Chefs. He started off as an actor. The point I want to make is that most chefs do not necessarily attend culinary institutes. They have a deeply rooted passion for cooking and they start off working at various restaurants, climbing the ladder slowly but surely.</p>