Looking for a Good Hair School: 3 Biggest Mistakes when selecting a hair school!

Selecting a good hair is a pain staking process. You may start off looking online, asking friends or catch a commercial or advertisement somewhere. This is the just the beginning of your

Big 3 Mistakes when selecting a hair school!

Selecting a good hair school is a pain staking process. You may start off looking online, asking friends or catch a commercial or advertisement somewhere. This is the just the beginning of your search. The biggest questions you may want to know is the cost of tuition, the schools specialties or hours of operation. Many schools are reluctant to give you this information and will attempt to have you schedule a walk through so that you can meet with their highly trained sales staff! This is done to get you to sign and drive. They give you the pitch and show you the school. You then sign up and begin your journey. The problem isn't the school but is it the best school for your buck! We've researched the biggest mistakes! Here they are:

1) BIG SCHOOL - SMALL STUDENTS- BIGGER PROBLEMS
We all know the BIG SCHOOLS have the money to spend on locations, equipment and all the amenities. They get this money from you with tuition upwards to  $20,000.00 The problem is they tend to focus on the general trends and the larger segments of the industry. They are typically weaker in the fields of ethnic hair training, weaving and other niche specialties. It's a lot easier to slip through the cracks of a larger program also. The class sizes are bigger and tend to have a 1 size fits all curriculum. Beware and really see if that school can give you the one on one and personal attention you need to really get value out of your education.

2) FINANCIAL AID BLUES
Many accredited schools accept Federal Aid in the forms of Pell Grants and/or student loans. Many students choose larger schools over smaller schools for this purpose alone. Instead you should look at your educational investment as a total out of pocket expense to really compare apples to apples. For instance: Susie goes to School A and tuition and books total 17,000.00 . Susie receives 5,000.00 in Pell Grant and 12,000.00 in student loans. Susie must payback 12,000.00 plus interest. Susie is required to pay 500.00 up front. Bianca goes to School B and tuition and books total 10,000.00. Bianca receives no pell grant but a in house scholarship for $3,000.00 and 7,000.00 in student loans. Bianca is required to pay 1,000.00 up front.  Bianca is required to pay more money upfront but receives a 6,000.00 education vs a 12,000.00 education. That is almost twice as much as school B. Be sure to look at total cost versus up front cost to see real value.

3) REAL CONTINUING EDUCATION

Many students looking into finding a hair school look at programs that have high graduation ratios. This is a great tool to measure how schools get students in and get them out but it doesn't measure how well these students perform in the work place. Ask schools about continuing education programs or offering to make sure your education doesn't end after graduation. Great schools offer multiple advanced programs and courses to help students develop throughout their career.


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