Well....I heard back from University of Adelaide, and I am accepted into the Masters of Arts in Gastronomy program for Feb 2009 start! This has taken forever, I applied back around March 1st, and it turns out that there was a glitch which didn't allow my application to be processed. I had to send everything all over again last month- but I got my acceptance letter today! This program was my first choice....then I started getting anxious about earning a degree outside of the USA.

So, I applied to another college, the University of Illinois. It has a more competitive admission process...so we shall see what they have to say about only 33 graded credits. UI is shorter by almost a year, cheaper by $9K, and in my home state. My brother is an alumni, but there is a name recognition that would come with graduating from that program. It offers the same program on the ground as well as globally, which removes the automatic stigma sometimes associated with the distance learning method. You would not necessarily know the delivery method used. The only down side, is that it really isn't my field....it's on the fringe of my field. (shhhhh...I would like to do both.....)

Anyway, they have had my application for a while now too. All the waiting can make a person crazy!! SO, I just wanted to share a bit of my good news- especially in an answer to those who wonder if you can get into grad school with only a limited number of graded credits.

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AA & BA, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College, 2008
AOS, Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of America, 1990

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Cinderly,

THANKS! I am in a terminal field, so actually the associate degree is it. Beyond that, you have to be creative about ways to complement what you do. Most chefs go into business programs for their bachelors. A couple bachelor degree tracks in America are geared for chefs, but only 1 is RA (not at a distance and way too expensive) and the NA programs are decidedly management focused. I already knew about the gastronomy program BEFORE considering a bachelor degree, so I chose the social science option from the start; a much better fit for me as a teacher. Talk about putting the cart before the horse!
I do aspire to earn a PhD...but there are so many millions of hours between now and then- that I don't want to say that out loud

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Jennifer
ALM, Master of Liberal Arts, Harvard University, 2099 or sometime sooner
AA & BA, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College, 2008
AOS, Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of America, 1990

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Congratulations Jennifer, I had been checking your signature with my fingers crossed! I'm sure you'll hear good news form the University of Illinois too!

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Bachelor of Arts, 2008
87 Traditional Credits
27 Exam Credits
6 FEMA Credits

M.A. in progress 2010

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ShotoJuku +
A.S., B.S., M.S.

Always be ready to release your mind and be willing to listen to the advice of others. Remain flexible. - Gichin Funakoshi

Great News, best of Luck

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Linda

EXAMS TAKEN
1/07 TECEP Psycology of Women (Needed/ acheived) 60/74
1/08 DSST Technical Writing 46/64
4/07 TECEP Word Processing Fundamentals 65/75
4/07 CLEP Info Systems & Computor App. 50/64
3/07 DSST History of the Vietnam War 44/66
11/07 DSST Intro to World Religions 48/65
5/08 CLEP Analyzing & Interp. Literature 50/69
5/29/08 CLEP Intro to Psychology 50/65
6/12/08 CLEP Intro to Sociology 50/69
1/27/09 CLEP Social Science & History 50/66
Finally 3 FEMA Done!!
Planned
Intro to Theater TECEP
Organizational Behavior TECEP or DSST
Physics I TECEP or EXCEL
Physics II TECEP oe EXCEL
Physical Geology TECEP or DSST
Calculus CLEP or EXCEL
Foundations of Education DSST
Intro to Education Psycology CLEP
2-3 FEMA credits
Global Environmental Change class
+ 43 B & M CC credits and 3 TESC credits and Finally on 6/30/08 an AA Degree
Eventually a BA in Natural Science/Mathmatics

Way to go Jennifer, keep up the good work!!!!!!!!

I am hoping to go for a MBA when I finish my degree next year.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You deserve the best. I am confident you will be accepted in the remainder of your choices - Then it will be trying to figure out which one to go to - Not a bad problem to be faced with.

You guys rock!

Thanks for all the encouragement!

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Jennifer
ALM, Master of Liberal Arts, Harvard University, 2099 or sometime sooner
AA & BA, Social Sciences, Thomas Edison State College, 2008
AOS, Culinary Arts, Culinary Institute of America, 1990

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Congratulations!

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TECEP's passed:
English Composition 102
Technical Writing
Psychology of Women
Word Processing Fundamentals
Introduction to Computer Information Systems

CLEP's passed:
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 60
Principles of Management - 71
Principles of Marketing - 67
Principles of Macroeconomics - 54
Principles of Microeconomics - 57
Introduction to Business Law- 65

DSST's passed:
Principles of Supervision - 59
Introduction to Business - 63
Principles of Financial Accounting- 54

FEMA Credits earned: 15

ALEKS Intro to Stats completed 3/10/09

ASBA - TESC - 3/6/09
BSBA - general management in progress

Working on: PF Business and Technical Writing