My daughter's friend graduated from BMC and now has a good job in the industry. However, her daughter was extremely talented and simply felt she needed the credentials of a well known school on her resume. Apparently she learnt more from the visiting guest speakers than the actual school instructors. What does this mean to those that are not naturally gifted? Well, you will have to put into a lot of extra effort and endure some frustrations when you feel disappointed by the lack of highly qualified instructor or ones with poor teaching skills or lack the necessary people/student aptitude to deal with students issues.
This was all a fluke I actually started doing some research on BMD and came across this site and felt compelled to share my experiences and thoughts. The fashion and beauty industry is BIG BUSINESS and anything related to it including the schools. Businesses will try to take advantage especially of younger people so you really needs to do your due diligence before making a decision. We are fortunate to have a website where we can share our experiences with other. Which is why I would like to share mine with you.
l attended a Marvel College which is a school for esthetics and cosmetology in Calgary, Alberta six years ago. I felt they dragged the program out unnecessarily which caused the tuition to be a lot more than necessary. This results in more profit for the school. And keep in mind that the government provides grants to students who qualify which means the taxpayer ultimately ends up paying the school who in turn provides a mediocre environment, with mediocre instructors. The directors of the school make good salaries and the owners are banking lots of $$$$ into their accounts. One of the head instructors actually gave us the exact questions we would be asked on our exams so that we all did well on our exams which made her look good and the school. Marvel in Calgary is extremely run down and dirty. They make the entrance way look good but when you go behind the locked glass doors into the actual school it is rundown and the furniture, materials such as towels are worn out and some even have holes!
I hope for my daughter's sake that she learns a lot and has a positive experience. I am shocked to learn that one can get expelled from the school after missing three classes. This is unnecessary. If a student has a very good reason such as severe illness or has to be hospitalized or directly industry related as the one lady pointed out. One would think the school will make an exception. We need to share our experiences with others without exaggerating unnecessarily and let the school know about grievances while you are there. Approach the director of the school and have a mature adult attend the meeting with you. Life experiences teach us to be wiser and smarter so younger people can benefit from our wisdom. Talk to the people you trust and admire and ask them for moral support. Good luck and keep posting your experiences so we can all benefit from it.
