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For years now I’ve been troubled on where I’ll be studying college. Everybody has been praising me and telling me na ang swerte ko because at least I’ve made my mind up on taking culinary arts. Unfortunately the choices didn’t end there. I still had to choose where to take it up! After months of researching I find out that the Philippines has been producing more and more culinary schools due to the high global demand of chefs. At first I had my mind set for CSB (St. Benilde) because a bachelors degree means a lot to me. But after a while I’ve noticed that 4 years is a bit too long for me and the course was not even culinary arts. So I search once more for a better alternative. My older brother studied in AHA (American hospitality academy) in Makati and it only took him 6-7 months. I thought 6-7 months would be a bit too short since I’d be graduating high school 15. So the search goes on. There were so many choices! CCA had a pastry and baking arts course for only 2 years. AICA had culinary arts only. I didn’t want to go into ENDERUN because they only offered HRM (or something like it). ISCAHM’s courses lasted for only a year each. I thought my dilemma came to an end when I finally settled for CCA’s Baking and pastry arts since it lasted the longest and I love baking. I wanted to consult relatives who were in the business but I never found the time to. So instead I surfed the net and stumbled on a forum amongst women involving culinary and pastry arts. It was a 151 page long forum which I tried to finish but sadly I only finished 3/4 of the whole thing. The thread talked about how CCA lost its touch long ago when the chefs transferred to ISCAHM to teach there instead. These women though praised ISCAHM like it was their nirvana. Remembering some articles on how CCA isn’t really that good and how their education has gone downhill, I decided to go to ISCAHM instead and take their culinary arts for 1 year then their baking and pastry arts for the next. I hope I didn’t make a mistake by reading that forum and believing it. I’m taking the entrance exam this Saturday or the next. Wish me luck!