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Skriven 2007-03-03 21:16:06 av LYNN SACERDOTE (1:123/140)
Ärende: College and stuff
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Hey there, everyone. Sorry I’ve fallen off the face of the earth for a
while, but school and its library firewalls have kept me from logging on
for a long time. I'm sure dad's told all of you by now, though, I've
decided to go to Connecticut Culinary Institute to become a pastry chef.
But, I know more information about it than he does. haha

It's a nine month course, followed up by a paid half year (I think)
externship to a bakery in the area. And I'm pretty excited about it, as
well as a little disappointed. I really wanted to find a school that taught
how to become a confectioner, because I’ve found that I’m really fond of
making candy, but the only one that came relatively close was
Johnson-Wales...which is more expensive than I could afford by a long shot. 

I went in two weeks ago over break for an interview, which went well, and
now that my friend Peter is back from a service trip to Mexico(!), I'm
going to call back so that he and I can arrange a date to go in to fill out
a few forms as well as take their standardized test - like an SAT, testing
our general knowledge about academic stuff, so that they know where we
place among the other applicants. The whole form filling/test taking
portion is followed by a dinner in the school's exceptionally nice dining
room, made by the advanced culinary students. (It's the program I opted out
of, because I don't want to learn how to be a restaurant-style chef.) And,
from what I've learned from the students there that I got to talk to (who
were all very nice), getting in is tougher than I may have thought.
However, since the test is almost no math and mostly common sense/critical
thinking, I don't think I'll have a problem placing high up there. And if I
don't get in, that's all right, too. I'll wait out the nine months and try
again for the next cycle of pastry classes, unless I find a school that
teaches how to be a confectioner. Because I really want to make candy more
than anything else. (But, on the plus side of that, the interviewer at CCI
told me that they do include a lesson or two on chocolate making. It's
mostly about truffles, which I know how to make quite well, but there is
<i>always</i> room for improvement.)

That's all for now. I'll make sure I check up more often and let you know
how phase two of the application process went! =
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