Where do I start!? This corporation as a whole, is a complete joke! I did my "homework" before choosing a cosmetology school, and I felt this one would cater to my needs and provide an outstanding education. HA! I should have talked to a student first! I am now too far into my weeks to quit (Regency would keep my money... Or I would have to transfer to another school). I will list just SOME of the problems/issues that I and my classmates have with Regency. Keep in mind that it costs $18,000 to go to this school! More than any other school in the area!
We dont get issued individual sets of hair products to use on clients. We have to go to the "dispense" counter, and sign them out. So, if you are needing to use a specific product and all of them are checked out, you and youre client are going to have to wait. Unprofessional. Douglas J and Excel (other area schools) issue hair product kits to their student.
We found seats next to people we were comfortable with, and could learn from... And now, 2 months into our education they decide they are going to treat us like children and give us assigned seating. I am not paying $18,000 to be told where I need to sit.
If the computer makes an error and doesnt count your hours (which you need to graduate), Regency will NOT fix it. They say "we just dont have that capability". GET REAL! Its a computer. I can pay a hacker to get in there and change it, if youre not capable of it. They ARE capable... But they want us to lose hours so that they can charge us for them later one, when we need to make them up.
The class size, I was told, would be kept small (6-10) to ensure 1-1 interaction with the instructor. I am in a class of 30. We are 3, sometimes 4 to a table. You cannot cut, color, blowdry, etc your mannequin hile being that close to someone else. There goes your practice time.
The breakrooms are not large enough to hold all the students. Therefore some students are forced to eat outside. Which is fine in the summer. But what are we to do in the winter months? Sit on the floor like dogs, and eat our meals?
Our manager showed us attention during our tour, and our tour only. Once we signed that contract, her only interaction was coming in the room to retreive a student that still needed to "dot some I's and cross some T's". She has not once come in to check on our progress or to ensure that were getting the education we were promised. When she talks to you, she waves her finger in the air, indicating that you are the child and she is your superior. Im sorry, but I thought I was paying YOU to work for ME? Now Im being told that I need to ask before I go to the bathroom? She doesnt care about problem-solving. When students notify her that certain property has been stolen, she simply says "I warned you in orientation that Regency isnt liable if youre property is stolen... You need to lock it up or keep it in your car". DOESNT CARE about her students. So I am supposed to lock up my mannequin, books, brushes, bowls, etc... EVERYTIME I leave the room? Looks like someone is losing control of her campus.
We will spend 1 week doing haircuts. We do each haircut once. Some of the cuts that students do, arent even checked by the instructor. So they dont know if they did it right or not. Things are not explained properly, and even if you asked over and over... Your chance of getting an answer is slim... Since the teacher has 29 other students calling her name, for help. So you "complete" the cutting unit. You know MAYBE one cut... And you cant do it well. Then they send you on the floor once you have your hours, and have you do intricate and technical modern cuts, on the public. You will have NO idea how to do these. Not one of the 30 in my class, does. We are tolf "an instructor will be there to show you". Yeah... Exactly like how they are "there" to show me, in class. I am truly scared to provide services to the public.
All in all, Regency charges you way too much, and then wont spend any of it on items that would benefit you as a student. On top of that they are so greedy that they rarely restock toilet paper, soap, tissues, products, etc. And they will find reasons to clock you out, so that you lose more hours. They also spent a ton of money on "new technology" where we clock in for school using our fingerprint. We NEED more computers... Not an "updated" timeclock system. We would do much better wth the old fashion time punch card... No errors could be made that "cant be fixed" with that option. But no... Regency is always one steo ahead when it comes to getting and keeping your money.
In closing, all I have to say is simply this: DO NOT ATTEND THIS SCHOOL. And spread the word.
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