I am a current student at Lu Ross Academy. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCHOOL. HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE!!!! The teachers are extremely LAZY. They are so beyond rude and disrespectful! They are on there phones more than anything. If you ask for help the give you the run around and have you find someone else to help you when they are more than capable of doing it. They play favorites with students as well as get involved with student drama and students personal life. Administration is as lazy as the teachers. They don't step in when they are needed. The teachers specifically Kim, Monique and Ashley are THE WORST !! Kim doesn't let you speak when you clearly have the right to speak your truth, in a respectful manner. She shuts your down and clocks your out even if you didn't do wrong! (must pay hourly if you haven't passed 1600 hours by graduation date) so they clock you out for anything when clearly spoken by administration that we get a warning and are allowed to speak up for ourselves with open ears to listen! THIS SCHOOL IS COMPLETE TRASH! The break room is smelly and refrigerators are extremely gross. The lady at the front best skips your name constantly and gives clients to the student she favorites more than others. Teachers leave you unattended when with a client the once every 3 weeks those who aren't favorited actually get a client! MEANWHILE other students are getting back to back clients!!!! Teachers there try to start drama between students and get deep into your personal life ad cuss in front of you. This school is extremely shady! They don't have enough teachers and the school has a bad smell sometimes. Teachers are so rude with no problem they call your work ugly without thinking of your feelings. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER WAYS OF WORDING THINGS !!! Putting money down for this school is basically throwing 18,000 + dollars IN THE TRASH! STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCHOOL. NOT WORTH IT. PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE TROUBLE AND PICK A BETTER SCHOOL THIS ONE IS GARBAGE !!!! read more

I have been attending Lu Ross Academy for the passed six months and it has truly been one of the most amazing and life changing experience for me! I have had so many great opportunities! We were fortunate enough that our school set up a field trip to the Wella Studio in LA for the first ever career day where we were able to meet people in the industry, watch demos, get introduced to there new product lines and see the many career opportunities that are available in the hairstyling industry. I have also be fortunate enough to win a product competition with Wella through Lu Ross for tickets to the Sebastian What's Next Awards. The staff is amazing they provide the knowledge that is essential to pass state board and are always there to help me and the other students do our best and hone our skills as well as build a solid foundation of hairstyling. However, like all schools there are rules and ultimately your experience is what you make it. if you are dedicated, hard working and follow the rules in place this is an amazing place to be and will help you make connections and pass state board. Lu Ross has really helped me jump start my career and helped me follow my dreams. read more

This Academy is very unprofessional, the staff is immature and are older women who are on power trips. I wish there were more reviews on this schools educators, I will never recommend them to any person who wants a decent learning experience. There is no need to bully the students and make people feel inferior. A good academy helps a student grow and become strong in the work field. Although this school is the complete opposite, if you would like to enter high school all over again, then you found the perfect place. I understand that you may run into that anywhere, which is totally understandable. Except I will not, under no circumstanced deal with unprofessionalism with the staff as well as the students.Period. Please do your research, there are so many great schools. This is just not the one! Don't make the same mistake by choosing Lu Ross. Don't get me wrong, I am up for helping students reach their goals, but this isn't the way you go about it. You will all thank me later. read more

HORRIBLE SCHOOL. My girlfriend goes there now and I've never seen her under so much stress! She's not stressed because of the work, she loves cosmetology! She's stressed because of the crappy teachers. I first hand saw the way they treat there students. They are lazy and don't teach you anything. She has been there for over 6 months and is scared to go out and get a job when she's done because the teachers could care less about teaching them. she spent so much extra money outside the school just to learn simple things she should have been taught at school! This school has major problems. Better yet the teachers need to wake up, drink some coffee and DO WHAT THEY ARE BEING PAID TO DO! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND FIND A BETTER SCHOOL TO SPEND IT ON. read more

Disrespectful, unprofessional, irresponsible... This is directed toward Margaret the Manager of Human Resources and Rena Boyle ( supposed wife of the owner at Lu Ross Academy) I can't believe people are so rude and incompetent at handling their normal day to day tasks in their profession. If you own a trade school and you have employees that can't perform simple tasks that are asked of them, maybe you should find new employees that do their job correctly. Lu Ross owners... Thanks for not stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility for the actions of your unreliable staff. Hopefully you read your reviews and take the initiative in NOT BEING DICKS and successfully running your business with class! read more

Being enrolled as a student of Cosmetology at Lu Ross Academy was a very positive experience. The curriculum, aside from being interesting, was well organized and the staff was extremely efficient and competent. As a result, it promoted an environment that was conducive to learning for all students. Everything from preparing for the State Board to ultimately finding a job could be attributed to their excellent instruction. The Cosmetology program at Lu Ross did a fine job in preparing me for a career in hair design...Annie T, Cosmetology Graduate, 2005 read more

I love my experience at Lu Ross! I had a great time with Meriah! She gave me the best hair wash ever! She graduates soon so make sure you book an appointment ASAP!! read more