AMAZING school. I had previously taken a CNA class and did not even learn nearly as much as I did…read morehere. Lovely staff and instructors. Especially Ms. Kylie. Everyone is so caring about your future. They make it possible here. I passed the NHA with my CCMA with flying colors and I usually dont do well with studying but I have never felt more prepared for an exam in my life. Huge thanks to Dr. Doran for giving so much of herself to our success. Love everyone here.

My experience here studying the medical assistant program was amazing. Miss Kylie was the best…read moreteacher, she really wants us, the students to win! She teaches exactly what we need to know for our NHA and makes sure we are prepared and confident. I'm forever grateful Dr. Doran guided me into taking this program. Something that I didn't know I would enjoy so much is phlebotomy. It was so much fun and I always got blood! I'm very confident and excited to start my new journey!

I was a walk-in just for a haircut trim basically and a wash and condition…read more I am pleased with the results, I did find the salon and students very unorganized, no one from the staff ever spoke to me or checked her work, I had to sign a waiver stating there not responsible for anything even death lol, the girl cutting my hair stayed focused and did a good job.

CJ cut and styled my hair today and did an amazing job. She was super friendly and personable. CJ's…read morework was checked a couple times by Ms Lorena the most professional teacher on staff. The hair products they use are all top notch. Prices for services are the best and you leave satisfied until your next visit!

I love this place as this is the only place which i can drop in after work on a Friday and go to a…read moreparty later! Girls are very cute and their prices are excellent. They are fairly clean and courteous. Girls sit around and it gives a feel of a dorm room rather than a salon. I see the students trying out different solutions on each other. I strongly recommend to try this place once but make sure you have at least 2-4 hours for a color and blow dry. They are students and they are very very slow. Only flaw is the extreme stress between their teachers and students. Apparently teachers have the tight to throw a student out so students are always scared of the teachers. I notice it more with one teacher than with other. I won't try a hair cut but their hair services are nice. I have tried their facials, but it lacks the professional touch, and it is quit understandable. So go there for hair color, shampoo or a up do but i would be a bit uncomfortable with the hair cut, unless you get lucky with the right student. i will keep going but i wish they change their teacher-student relations. It is awkward most times. I am going to write another review a little later after i try the place again next month. Hopefully someone will read the review and correct it.

Been coming here for over 5yrs. Love this school. Students…read moreand Staff are very smart and helpful!!

I came to Pivot Point for a pedicure and simply wanted my no-chip polish removed along with a cut…read moreand shape. Unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing. Despite specifically asking for my nails to be cut and shaped, that was never done. The student took her time, but the entire service felt rushed and uninterested, as if she didn't want to be there. The pedicure itself was far below what I've experienced at other student salons. There was no heel scrub, no spa-like experience, and the water didn't even have bubbles. To make matters worse, there was a hair floating in the water. Instead of changing the water, it was simply removed with a towel and the service continued. What bothered me the most was the no-chip removal process. Rather than properly soaking the polish off, a rough nail file that felt like a piece of sandpaper was used repeatedly on my nails. It was uncomfortable, actually hurt, and left me questioning whether proper removal techniques were being followed. I've visited several student salons before and understand that students are learning, but this experience was nowhere near the standard I've come to expect. I left disappointed and would not return or recommend it to others.

I had received a Groupon gift for a facial. I had to leave my first appointment before it was…read morefinished because it ran longer than 50 minutes, so I recommend to leave room in your schedule after the appointment if you want the best experience. I received a facial today. In both appointments, Pivot Point Academy made sure to evaluate me thoroughly to ensure that nothing was applied to my face that shouldn't have been; meanwhile, I was provided a well-rounded, hybrid experience of hydration, relaxation and breakout treatment. My esthetician was named Aliya, named after the singer Aaliyah. Aliya was not only skilled, but also very considerate of all of the components of what makes a good customer experience. She was sweet, thorough in both her approach and her application of the product, had good massaging techniques, was generally attentive to detail, and exhibited a wealth of knowledge that she's managed to learn within just a few months of practice. If I do book with Pivot Point again, Aaliya is definitely the one for me.

been going here for 14 years my boys like it and their so sweet 2 us and 2 dollars cheaper than…read morethe 7 dollar shop across the street from here cheap and the students earn their grades

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With each visit Haskana never fails to make me happy! I've been coming here since my sophomore year…read moreof high school to get my hair done for prom/homecoming. I was a bit skeptical to come here after I heard it was beauty students doing the work but the prices were extremely appealing especially when you compare it to the $75 it usually is to get an up-do at a professional salon. I believe my up-do was around $25 and a half up half down style was only $12! The workers do such a great job & the prices make this place even better. I know they do makeup, cuts & mani/pedis too. Definitely save your money & come here for whatever you need! Thanks Haskana!

Great haircut!! I wasn't aware that beauty schools give haircuts, but I was pleasantly surprised…read morehow great they can perform! I believe the name of my stylist was Stevie (employees may correct me if I'm wrong). I went in for a men's cut. Stylist was very attentive to my haircut specifications while showing incredible attention to detail that I am not used to getting (those sideburns are a tough cookie, lemme tell ya). Stylist lived up to the name because she seems to treat her craft as an artist would, and my hair was the canvas. Did I mention it's incredibly inexpensive? Professional salon quality haircut (and/or coloring when applicable)for a great price. From the stylist to management, I had a great and welcoming experience and will definitely come back again!

Love this place. Discounted hair services, when I say discounted it is very affordable. These are…read morestudents getting practice. Under teachers supervision. I have gone there for years. I have never had a bad experience. They're always busy, only one time have I been turned away and asked to make an appointment. I do think most people make appointments I tend to just wing it and walk in. This place is appropriate for men, women, and children. To me it's just like a real salon but they have more hands-on help available if they need it . They are very professional and very passionate about what they're learning. I'm a real client but I'm also going to say don't forget to tip. They work hard. don't tip 20% because seriously you are saving so much money.

I use to attend this school years ago at least they offer you a grant to help you out but Tendz…read moredon't offer grants or loans they just want your money

I go to this school, and the teachers here are very helpfull, there are many talented students here…read more!! The school is very clean everyday we sanitize the working area. We dont do a lot of mens haircut but we try our best !! Mostyly our clientele are women. The prices here are very pleasant!! This is a school remember we are just learning!!!

The instructor herself -- a blonde-haired Caucasian woman -- cut and butchered my hair, leaving me…read morelooking like something out of Edward Scissorhands. She hacked it down to about half an inch in the back with no apparent plan, and a student then tried unsuccessfully to style the damage: a curling iron risked burning my scalp, and rollers wouldn't hold on hair that short. Throughout the service, the instructor even complained openly about how Tricoci handles instructor transitions, which did nothing to inspire confidence in the supervision at this location. I left mortified and had to buy a wig just to appear in public until my hair grows back which will take over a year. I do not recommend trusting your hair to this instructor or this location.

I was skeptical of going to a beauty school for a haircut, but when the charge went up to $90.00…read morefor my usual stylist at Tricoci in Bloomingdale, I could no longer afford it. I got a PERFECT haircut from Anna at Tricoci University for only $15.00!! I will definitely go back!

Let me start off by saying my teacher, Don, was amazing. He's personable, knowledgable and made…read morewhat I did learn fun. I signed up for this course because I'm a single mother and what I'm making now in my other two jobs is not enough, so I thought I could add to the days/nights I have free. I made my first of two payments and started the course. I only signed up to go to the Schaumburg location because the others are too far. About a little less than halfway through the course I was sitting with the teacher and he said, "Hey, I need the other half of your tuition." ME: Well, I'm taking off work early tomorrow to come and do the classes I haven't been able to get because they don't work with my schedule. Can I just pay you tomorrow? HIM: Don't you have a credit card? Besides, the owner came in and took all my files. He never does that. At least it'll look like I did something today. (he laughs) ME: Ok (I pay him the last payment) I'll see you tomorrow around 3pm The next day I leave work early, grab some lunch, and head to the school. There's a HUGE white truck/van taking up three spots in the lot. I grab my stuff and start walking in. There's a man standing outside on the phone and as I walk past him, he says, "What do you think you're doing?" ME: I'm going to class. What do you think I'm doing. But now I'm looking around and the owners of the truck are dumping whatever they can into trash cans and taking them out past me. MAN: There's no class. They were evicted this morning. ME: WHAT?!?! The sound of the hundreds of bottles being emptied into the dumpster outside is distracting MAN: Yeah, they were thrown out. You can't come in. So I walk out and sit in my car. They JUST took my money 12 hours before. I called the school's main number and a guy named Nico told me to come to their location and we'd work something out. He said I was only twenty minutes away and he had no idea what had happened. An HOUR and twenty-five minutes later I pull up in front of this janky looking strip mall with a check cashing place and I think it was a tarot card reader. I was afraid to park my car on this busy road. I walked in and found Nico and another man sitting in what I'm assuming was the office. I told them both there's no way after working a full day that I'm going to drive over an hour to a part of town that I wouldn't want to walk out at night by myself and I would like a refund. NICO: I'm not authorized to do that. But I'll leave a message for the man who can. ME: Is it going to be the owner? Because apparently he doesn't know how to pay his bills. I want you to make sure he has all my info. (He starts to write my name and number) I was on edge, I'll admit. I'm usually not that aggressive. NICO: I don't know. The owner doesn't know what happened. ME: I'll tell you what happened. Nobody gets their sh!t thrown out on the lawn for missing one payment. He knew. That's why he came in and took the files yesterday. He KNEW. (Blank stare from Nico) ME: So can you write down the name of the guy who's going to call me and where is he? NICO: Oh, he had to run out. I don't know his name. ME: You don't know his name? You work with the guy and you don't know his name? (Now, it's the owner, I know this now. And he ran out because I called my teacher and told him the school was being emptied into a dumpster.) NICO: Uh, his name is Frank (There is no Frank. He panicked not knowing if he should tell me the owner's name) ME: Ok, I'll wait for his call. No phone call ever came. So I contacted the bank I paid with and they gave me my money back. All of it. But I wasted SO much time and have nothing to show for it. Now I have to start over and find a new school, not located anywhere near me, and pay more because all the Christmas deals are over. They handled it like a$$hats. That's all. Nobody contacted me to try to make anything right. I am positive they couldn't have forgotten I came in. Just a shame for me and the 50-something other students who hadn't taken their test or finished the classes yet.

I cannot say enough good things about my experience with the classes I took. I always wanted a…read moreprofession in bartending, but never knew where to go or how to get started. I searched on the internet and wanted to try this school since it was close to my home. I called the office and told them I was skeptical, so they encouraged me to just stop in on a class and observe. WOW, was I excited to see everyone working hands-on and with each other. I knew that this was the place I wanted to attend. The classes helped me with so many facets of bartending that I still adhere to today. While drink recipes are a major focus, the class also concentrates on pouring, cleanliness, and hardware knowledge. In fact, I think that the returning of all equipment and bottles to its original location is probably the most important thing I have learned and has pretty much become my mantra. The course was also fun and educational with stories and jokes. Don was an awesome teacher, and his experience and stories would leave you waiting to hear more. I always looked forward to attending classes and would stay until the last minute. Maybe the best about the program is the job placement service. After completing the courses, I was then worried about how I would find a job in bartending. However, the placement service they use could not have been any more easier. I took the coursework in March of 2014 and was able to have my first job the first week of April. I was looking to advance my career several months later, and again, the school provided me with a link to a position that I absolutely love working at today. Bartender American Professional Schools has changed my life by helping me to pursue a career I have always wanted and continues to guide me as I make my bartending journey. I would HIGHLY recommend this facility to anyone considering a field in bartending.