P&A Scholars Beauty School — Local services in Detroit

i decided I’m leaving panda scholars beauty school with 150 hours to go. Some would say I’m crazy and i should stick it out but i can’t take it. I started school in 2015 excited about my new journey. Little did i know my dreams would be turned into nightmares. The first red flag i ignored was the handling of my financial aid. To this day my FASFA has not been processed. I did everything my financial advisor ask me to do, and it’s still not done. I even called FASFA direct, and they told me “everything is done on your end we’re just waiting on your school” I’ve asked about it serval times and nothing has been done. SECONDLY, there is no curriculum being taught there. After 350 hours in the class room you move onto the clinic floor. Your suppose to learn more and get more hands on. However the only thing i did on the floor was clients!! Not one lesson was taught, didn’t take one test, or studying. They also offered services like sew in/braids. I was told by a real professional that were not suppose to do those things(not sure if that’s true) so now i feel like i worked in a sweat shop literally because there’s no air. THIRDLY, the lack of equipment and products we needed for hair styling. They would tell us to use our own products. Like hair glue, oils, edge control etc. oh and how could i forget how long it takes to receive your cosmetology book and hair kit. I even heard a student say she didn’t have a uniform and she’s been there for two months. LASTLY,the PROFESSIONALISM !!!!! First and foremost they have unlicensed/unexperienced students working their front desk. They handle current student hours. Just recently i was missing 80 hours and i had to ask not ONCE, not TWICE, not THREE times but serval times for the sign in sheet to prove i was missing hours. Just a few weeks ago we had no instructions on the floor or in the building ( NOTHING BUT STUDENTS) but we were still taking clients. If that’s not a lawsuit waiting to happen 🤦🏽‍♀️ but hey that’s another day at panda. I asked a “corporate” employee for a update on my hours, she said she needed a minute. Ok no problem, after five minutes i noticed the light in her office was off. It’s two exits in her office. Do you know this lady tried to sneak out the back without speaking to me!!!! When i caught her trying to make her great escape she said “i have to feed her” pointing to her daughter, making that her excuse for sneaking out like a coward instead of saying she didn’t have time. That same lady made a Saturday appointment with me to go over my hours. When i arrived and asked for her i was told “she doesn’t work Saturdays” but she made an appointment for Saturday so I’m confused. I saw her a few days ago and she didn’t even speak to me, just a complete joke! Every time someone asks me “what school you go to”? I replay panda. Their faces turn upside down and they tell me the horrible stories they’ve heard or gone thru themselves. It’s sooooo soooo sooo much more I’m not mentioning, these are just the highlights. I’m so mad i waited this long to quit!!! I should have listened to other people and the little voice deep down inside screaming GET OUT!!!!! I wasn’t the best student but i deserve wayyyyyyyy more than this. That’s why i don’t mind starting over, so i can get the education i desire and...

I wish I could give less than this one star. I am a current student of their cosmetology program and my soul is telling me to RUN. This school is so very unprofessional and incompetent. Trying to transfer is a hassle because other schools don’t even want to take their hours so now I feel trapped. There have been many instances of lost hours and instructors telling me they “found extra hours” for me, when I haven’t been there any extra time. I’ve seen roaches while being here. I literally spend most of my days at P & A sitting on my phone because there’s not instruction going on, just babysitting. I originally started and agreed to come Monday thru Friday 5-10 as it fit into my already busy schedule and they changed the schedule for my program before I even got to 250 hours, requiring all of my classmates to begin coming in Tuesday’s thru Saturdays. I refused because THAT IS NOT WHAT I SIGNED AND AGREED TO. I literally feel like they just want $ and I’m trapped by my being naive. When I came to meet the admissions office, I should’ve known then it’d be a disaster. While I met with the counselor, loud students were busting in the office interrupting our meeting, she’d tell me she was gonna email something to me and I’d have to chase her down to get a reply. I had been told that included in the curriculum there’s an annual field trip to BRONNER BRO which I later found out was a lie and the trip was through a third party, which they didn’t even tell us about details until after the event had already passed. It’s just so all over the place! All the students hate the school. then, plenty of people didn’t have uniforms for a long time. They give you your kit in pieces, and it’s everything you can get at the local beauty supply store. THIS SCHOOL IS TRASH. I tried to support my own people but this is ridiculous. I’m...

One star is all this school deserves and ONLY because the instructors are good do I leave 1 start. The most unprofessional, disorganized, lack of supplies but plenty of roaches school I have ever been to!! Mrs.Monet pays out of pocket for supplies for the manicuring class to have what they need to learn. The administrative department ( with the exception of Ms.Janae) is SUPER DISORGANIZED. Don't go to school here. You'll never get the supplies your tuition paid for. UPDATE APRIL28- since P&A has time today to kick out generic responses to students who have negative comments about the school. First of all- the youmatter email was never in service for students to use when we went to file concerns. Maybe it couldn't work in the building because the administrator responsible for paying the internet bill kept forgetting to pay it for 3 weeks straight. How is a school of higher education supposed to function without internet? But with the lack of other supplies needed to learn being surprised by this I should not be on this. Teachers get reprimanded for photo copying learning materials for student. They wouldn't have to photo copy whole chapters of books of textbooks were not being held hostage for up to 10 weeks past class starting by administration. Everything is forever on back order for the school like yall order the stuff from Wish!! The lack of organization in this school make the worst DPS school look like Harvard or Yale!! Hell yall can't even keep enough hot water in the building for major events!! The few teacher that do stay only stay because they love their students. Oh yeah why do administrators kick some students out for speaking up against the BS here? I SAID WHAT I SAID! NO ASSUMPTIONS...