The Academy NYC

If you are thinking of attending this school for cosmetology, nails, or make up do NOT waste your time and money. When I came for a tour I was told I would be taught hair, nails, make up and that I would have a chance to sign up for a separate hair extension class. They failed to mention that they don’t physically teach you nails and make up, they just have you read a chapter in the book then you take a written test on it. No actual makeup techniques being taught.
You do get a makeup kit from the school but its nothing fancy and when it comes to the make up class they just tell you to partner up with another student play with each others faces for an hour while the teacher (who is probaly only a few years older than you, the only requirement to be a teacher at this school is 2 years experience in the salon, which by the way is nothing because most salons make you apprentice for 2 years before they even THINK about giving you your own chair) sits on her phone all day and plays favorites with the students she likes.
You wont learn much about hair color unless you get alot of hair color clients because the school charges you to use real color on your manican, even during color class! So unless you want to pay 11 $ per bowl of color (which isnt alot of color) you’ll end up using conditioner to practice with which is pointless because you wont see any kind of results.
When it comes to cutting (my favorite) it was really annoying because they only give you 2 manicans and the first one ends up being bald by the 6^th week of school because they have to show you all the basic hair cuts, the 2^nd one wont last much longer because obviously the hair on the manican doesnt grow back so if you plan it out carefully you might get a good 4 hair cuts out of it, and even if you dont want to cut your manican, you still have to cut it during cutting class so eventually you will end up spending about 100 – 200 $ on manican heads during the course of the program .
I do recommend going to a Paul Mitchell school, just not this one because it is a PARTNER school which means that it is only co-​owned by Paul Mitchell. When you graduate and they give you a certificate IT DOESNT EVEN SAY PAUL MITCHELL ON IT ! it says you graduated from «The Academy NYC»
When I came for the tour i specifically asked the admissions officer if my certificate would say «Paul Mitchell» on it, she said yes, so ?? This school loves lying to perspective students, anything to get you through the door. so dont waste your time, Try Arrojo in the city or Vidal Sasson