I need HELP, College admission advice needed?

Ok, here is my story... I graduated High School when I was 17 to go to culinary school. The school was in Wisconsin taught by a european master chef. I spent two years there (an externship in Germany for 2 months as well) and upon graduating moved to Washington DC. By the age of 20 I became a sous chef of Minibar by Jose Andres, a 4.5/5 star restaurant serving "avante garde" cuisine with a 30 course tasting menu, we were rated number 3 in the city. After that I worked in NYC, at Eric Ripert's Le Bernardin, 4/4 stars as a cook. It was while I was there I decided to go back to school to study philosophy, which became a recent passion of mine about a year ago. I never took SATs in high school since I left early, and my grades weren't that great (overall a B, but my Regents tests were all in the 90s), so I enrolled in a very good community school called Suny Orange. After this fall I will have enough credits to transfer to a four year university. I have a 3.4 right now and hope to raise it to a 3.6. My class choices have been emphasizing math, english, and liberal arts since I would like to study philosophy. I am now wondering what schools I can get into based on these credentials. Should I take SATs/ACT to aide my chances, even if I apply as a transfer with 39 credits? I am looking at these schools, which have strong departments in philosohy for the most part.

NYU

CUNY Baruch

Rutgers

SUNY schools such as StonyBrook, Binghampton, New paltz

University of Maryland

University of pittsburgh

Vassar

What are my chances in any of these, and how can I improve them?





Thanks

LDI need HELP, College admission advice needed?
You definitely have an advantage over incoming undergrads and/or graduates coming into the schools who don't have as much life and work experience as you. Your GPA, while important, is not as important as your past culinary experiance. Your resume is ridiculously amazing, and you should stress that, and somehow weave that into your application (in the essay) that also ties to the major you wish. It could make a gaurenteed acceptance letter to many of the nation's top universities, and I think you definitely have a chance! Good Luck!I need HELP, College admission advice needed?
It isn't required that you take the ACT/SAT but sometimes they will look at what scores you made. Personally, I would take them. If you ended up doing good on it then it would increase your chances of getting into some of the good schools you listed.