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"do NOT attend"
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Cosmetology and Spa Institute (The) (Crystal Lake, Illinois)laura (Guest)
10 hours ago
0 people found this review interestingReview
This school is the worst possible choice. The teachers are extremly unhelpful as well as unpleasant. The school is very very disorganized and the rules change day by day. Students are forced to clean the bathrooms (toilets included) and all around the school. We were even told to go clean up garbage and cigarette butts in the parking lot. Students have also had to salt the sidewalks. You should not be paying that much money to be cleaning. The school always smells disgusting because the plumbing is messed up, and the toilets are ALWAYS clogged. If you miss a saturday you are charged $100 which you are not told of at the time of registration, and if you show up a few minutes late you get charged $25. The trip to L.A. is false, nobody has ever gone. Half the time there is no shampoo or proper products to use as well. When working on clients, the teachers are very unhelpful and hard to find when you have questions you NEED answered. There is no time to make up hours, which basically forces students to go over contract. Definitely research other schools...this one is NOT a good choice at all and every student there is unhappy daily, even crying. AND if you look up the cosmetology and spa institute on the Better Business Bureau website, they are rated an F with a number of complaints filed against them. Do your research!Ratings
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"UC"
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University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)Jeska (Guest)
4 days ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
love it here. great parties and great people.Ratings
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"One of many to be given the boot."
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School of Advertising Art (Kettering, Ohio)(Guest)
5 days ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
I am one of the many students that SAA kicked to the curb. Let me tell you a little bit about this "art" college. First of all, the owner, who is not a graphic designer by any definition, is only concerned with money. The only time you see him is when he is parading around with potentially new students, trying to pretend like his school is one big happy family with tons of opportunities.... its a lie. Then there is the President of the school. The ex Bengals cheerleader. Nice as can be... doesn't know anything about graphic design... oh but she's the owners little pet. When I first started, I knew absolutely nothing about Adobe programs. I was lead to believe this was... an ART college. However, I took to graphic design. I enjoy it. Even though, I had to teach myself how to use every single program given. Not every student took Adobe classes in high school and apparently that's what they expected because there was no leniency or instruction. Have I mentioned the grading system? I don't know about any other schools except the ones that I've attended but generally 100-90 is an A, 89-80 is a B, 79-70 is a C, so on and so forth. SAA however, if your grade is less than a 77% ... you fail. The last project that my class was assigned was a restaurant rebranding. That means that we were required to create a new logo, slogan, menu, website(3 pages), 6 branding items (napkins, t-shirts, etc), and 2 marketing items with web attachments. Now, the time span for this project was 10 days.... 10 DAYS!!! We also were required to print out 2 booklets with all of our designs in them.. on average they were about 30-40 pages each. We were then made to present this project to 2 teachers. Long story short, I spent $130 on printing these booklets and another $50 on materials to mock up the menu and I failed because my booklet was out of order on my flash drive. I was 1 of 6 to be kicked out just that quarter. They claim to have a great job placement rate but what they don't tell you is that they get rid of a lot of students for BS reasons. Not to mention the favoritism. Most of these "teachers" grade your work on their opinion and some of them base it on whether or not you kiss their ass enough. Its a lose lose. However, there are a few good things. I've met some of my very best friends at SAA. There are also 3 teachers that are actually worthwhile to talk to. Not naming names but one is mexican, one is black and one is a kick ass blonde who will tell you like it is. They are the only good things about this place. Friends don't let friends waste money at SAA.Ratings
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"Hilbert College"
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Hilbert College (Hamburg, New York)Frank Castiglia (Guest)
10 days ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
Hilbert College is a fine institution that is on the upswing. The campus is growing as each year passes. The Business Administration Bachelor's Degree program at Hilbert College is rigorous and worthwhile. The Hilbert College SIFE team has had great success due to the hard work by both Professor Roland and the students which make up the team. In 2009, Hilbert College SIFE placed in the top thirty in the nation at the National SIFE competition in Philadelphia, PA. I strongly suggest taking a look at Hilbert College to see what it has to offer. Hilbert College has taught me to make the most out of a situation. It is what you put into a school that makes it a great place. Hilbert has many different majors and is most well known for its Criminal Justice program. The Political Science program that is offered at Hilbert College is outstanding as well. I have liked Hilbert so much that I have chosen to pursue two bachelor's degrees at the college. In closing, if you are unsure as to where you want to make your next move in terms of a college education I suggest Hilbert College!Ratings
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School of Advertising Art (Kettering, Ohio) Let down student! (Guest)
15 days ago
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I just recently found out that a friend of mine was dismissed from school during the last project of the year! First of all SAA is only a two college school, and the teachers over all are not that impressive. I had a better teacher at the career center I attended the year before attending. I will say that the staff is very nice, and the people you meet are possible life long friends plus the projects provided are effective, and great portfolio pieces. On the other hand there are is a long list of things that are problematic about the school. 1. The price is incredibly high. 44thousand! Which at first you say to your self...thats not bad for a private graphic design college, with one on one teacher to student contact. Sadly this price is paid for Average and below Average teachers, the one color printer that is there only works 70% of the time, there is no college housing, its difficult to get outside hours to dicuss problems with teachers. 2.You should go to school. You should attend because if you dont you will not learn things that will someday help you in the future; BUT; there are mant days that you just dont do anything! You sit around all day literaly, because the quater changed on Thursday and no one wants to start on Friday. For those that live in Kettering its not that big of a deal but for those driving half hour to hour distances to school its a waste of gas, time, and extra sleep hours. You cant take off on those days during the winter to get home before its dark because its marked absence. You miss 5 days your out! 3. The grading system if stricter than most schools. This is going to happen; its college. But they dont teach you want they should and then they mark your points off for doing somthing they didnt teach you, and its difficult working for teachers. Luckly I knew before attending and thats what I thought SAA would be would be an extension on my education. 95% of the students didn't know what they were doing and the whole first few months was relearning the programs. The teachers dont teach you the programs, they make the internet teach you and then throw you into large projects and stricktly grade them. 4. The teachers will completely be indirect with you, and you will fail because of this. In the real graphic design world you will get clients that really dont know what they want and you do what they say and then they dont like it, and you go back to the drawing board. You dont flunk out of graphic design and loose a client! SAA teachers will tell you the project and guidelines and then they will tell you things that want to see and what they like and dont like. Like real clients, but then they tell you "make the background blue." If you change it they will mark off points and say "Could have made background green." Which was what you had before! Then if they tell you that and dont make the background blue, they mark points for not changing it. 5. They tell you they have such a high completion rate and numbers in the career feild. They have those numbers because; there are only 100-150 people in the school and then by the end of the years theres 70-80 they kick people out left and right. Over all SAA yes is a good school if you are willing to throw 44 thousand into it and then put up with a bunch of bull and in order to really get anything out of it you have to take the associates degree and its hell to get a job because you are in academics until 6 and unless you work night hours your not getting a job on that schedule! I suggest as a former student. Don't waste your time! Go to a cheeper school with college houseing. You will meet more people, do the same projects to complete your portfolio, have a higher graduation chance, and have the opprotunity to participate in many more things (sports and such)SAA's problem is that they dont put the effort and money into the current students. They cant help the students by getting another printer, creating more activities, and putting the effort into creating succeful steudnts without kicking a chuck of them out because they are more focused on recruiting. New students interested in receiving information dont get brochures. They get posters, pins, designed cameras. Most the schools money is directed on studensts that arnt there yet. Take my advice. I've lived through it! But if you want to take the risk...good luck! Your gonna need it. -
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"My Eastern Michigan University Review"
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Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)Jim (Guest)
17 days ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
EMU is a fine school, with a beautiful campus. I'm very pround to say i attend this university.Ratings
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Harris School of Business (Cherry Hill, New Jersey) Warning (Guest)
27 days ago
2 people found this review interestingComment
I agree with the previous posts regarding Harris School of Business. The bloggers who penned these opinions are more accurate than they realize. As a former employee of Harris and their parent company, Premier Education Group, I can assure you that this is one outfit that you dont want to get involved with. Whether as a student, administrative employee or faculty member, if you are considering a relationship with this organisation, please do your research. Things are so bad with this company, it is my opinion that the schools operated by PEG will eventually be shut down by the Federal government. -
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"Northwestern Business College - Virtual Campus"
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Northwestern Business College (Chicago, Illinois)Gigi (Guest)
1 month ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
Northwestern Business College - Virtual Campus for the Health Information Technology is very good. Nearly all of my faculty encounters have been positive. Sadly, administration is typical adminitration - somewhat fractured. The online program is pretty good as well, but it is not always updated. Techinal support for remote students is not very good, though. Also, If you are interested in Greek Honors organizations as a virtual student - you may be out of luck! Nontheless, great faculty has made up for some of the oher shortfalls.Ratings
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"review"
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The school is very small in a simple building in the middle of not a really nice town . The admission is messy , they loose your papers and dont know what going on . They dont have information system so you dont even know if you are registered to courses or not. the proffesors are good except for the dean , who thinks he knows it all , and make you take courses you dont need to make more money . All the students are international , no americans , but the ultrasound program is good , the teachers are excellent . The courses are helpful for understanding business .Ratings
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"Great Place"
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Oklahoma School of Photography (Moore, Oklahoma)(Guest)
1 month ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
I am a recent graduate of OSOP and really liked it. I looked for a long time for a school that was reasonable in price and actually taught you rather than just talked at you. The instructors were really helpful and any time I had a problem, they really tried to fix it. I even have gone back in since graduation to get help on setting up some stuff and they were right there and took the time to walk me all the way through it.Ratings
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"Awesome School- Awesome Experience"
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Pepperdine University (Malibu, California)Trident (Guest)
1 month ago
1 person found this review interestingReview
Awesome School- Awesome ExperienceRatings
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