Compass Career College Cosmetology Salon

Always a good haircut here! Thank you Mariah for a wonderful haircut!

I went to the college to get a simple hair cut/trim and I had the absolute best student! Her name is Brittany and she gave me exactly what I wanted and did such an amazing job! I was over satisfied with everything! Everyone was so nice! Definitely will be going back!

Overall, I decided to withdraw because I personally imagined something different for myself & did not see where the 16,000 in tuition was worth the experience.nnFirst Issue, Dress code. Scrubs were ordered for students but don’t actually come in until a 2-3 weeks after school starts. That means you must follow a dress code which they are very strict about and they expect you to purchase scrubs or new clothing for the mean time. Which was ridiculous to me because I paid for my scrubs and for no reason of my own I was being told to go an purchase clothing for the meantime. But that was just the beginning of the facility’s disorganizationnnSERIOUS DISORGANIZATION. We started school and nothing was prepared for us. There was a lack of practice materials, products, broken equipment, Dirty/Dusty equipment. We had to “make do” about 6 separate times while learning to do facials and I literally attended school for 7 days. On the 6th day of my first week of school. We entered the esthetics room to find that all of out towels were gone.... (THE TOWELS WE , THE STUDENTS, WASHED AND FOLDED FOR CLASS THAT DAY.) So We asked the program director/teacher what happened and she said that the “salon” was busy and needed our towels and steamers for their clients. “I well everyone shared towels here & ’m not gonna leave clients without towels”.... my immediate thought was , YOU WOULD LEAVE YOUR STUDENTS WITHOUT TOWELS AT A COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL WHERE THEY ARE PAYING YOU 16,000 for 12 months???????? On top of the lack of equipment, products & materials already and its only week 1.nnCleanliness- the esthetics practical rooms are not deep cleaned, towels are old, ragged and stained, sheets are old and stained. Everything looked old and unclean and was full of dust. You don’t even want to see the cabinet!!!nnEverything is done by students. Daily chores are given which consist of washing, folding, sweeping, refilling etc. Things were so unclean and unorganized because there was no one (employee) making sure things are in order & it is the total responsibility of whoever was assigned that duty.nnThe students seemed generally unhappy. It seemed like the only reason anyone was there was to get the license. Not because they enjoyed coming to the facility daily and felt like future professionals. The energy is a drag there.nnStrict no cell phone policies. You will be sent home for the day if you are seen with a phone or if your phone makes noise. Meaning you will miss very important information. & graduate later because of hours.nnYou will be babied in the program. Strict rules, strict attendance policies with no consideration. I didn’t feel that I was being treated like a professional. But a “student”.nnAll & All. I had to know my worth with the situation & decide to withdraw during the 2 week period where you would not be charged. This was not even everything that had transpired in my short week there. If you don’t care about having the best & are in desperate need of the license then it won’t be bad. But if you were looking for a smooth sailing, high quality full experience. You might want to consider another program.