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BrothaZay
Even though this is not quite Culinary School, but try going around some small business restaurants and see if you can work for free. Basically come there early, ask for the manager and tell them that you'll be willing work for free in exchange of learning how to cook in a restaurant. Do that for like a couple of months, maybe a year, be ultra responsible(15 minutes early, dependable) and you'll probably be able to put them down as a legit refrence when applying for restaurants. Hell, you might land a cooking job at that restaurant or get connections for catering. I'm not saying this is a surefire way to get on, but I'd try that first before dropping 30k for school.