Blue Cliff College - Gulfport

HORRIBLE !! they do not care about you unless you are passing classes if not you are out of luck and left to fen for yourself and get answers on your own .. every time i’ve called or emailed someone about classes opening up that I need to retake i have gotten the run around this whole week from monday to today !! I still have a lot of questions unanswered or if it does get answered it’s a half way answer or they have to check in with each other and look into the handbook to receive knowledge that should already be known .. the program I was in is FAIRLY NEW and it shows .. they are making up rules as they go .. administration does not answer phone calls half the time or emails and if they do who ever you need to speak to is never available.. i have emailed 2 days in a row with no response .. if it was not for me calling and checking in and trying to get answers to see what it is that I can do moving forward with classes I would never gotten any responses or any help I would’ve been on my own regardless.. I also finally just talked to someone who informed me about a Director of compliance which would have been great to know before going through all of this because I would have went to them first .. I finally gotten things taken care of but it was a very unprofessional process .. ALSO JUST LEFT THE SCHOOL AFTER BEING TOLD I HAVE A CHECK BY FASFA YESTERDAY BUT WHEN I GET TO THE SCHOOL IM WAITING ON THE DIRECTOR , I FINALLY MEET WITH HER AND IT TURNS OUT NO ONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE as expected .. Because I came up here for nothing ..

I'm beyond frustrated with blue cliff college! I quit there back in 2011 after attending to just 3 classes. The first one I had great grades and was the best one in my class. The next two I had a teacher who refused to stay in her class and teach she rather be on the floor in the salon getting her hair done etc. Then there was two girls on ankle monitor bracelets who had to plug in their monitor device inside the classroom every time they left the class it went off and a officer would come across the device like a loud speaker distributing us even more telling us to go find that student and get her back into the classroom. She got mad one day because she was just entitled acting about having to come back in and wanted us to lie and say she was in the classroom and none of us would and so she slashed out 3 different folks tires behind that. After dealing with all the nonsense that I shouldn't have dealt with. I quit! Who wouldn't? Not a single person who started with me in fact wound up staying. Now all of a sudden my income tax refund for this year got snatched up by them. No notice before nothing and they expect me to pay all the money that never even got spent on my education because of a crap teacher and risking my vehicle getting slashed up and more. Blue cliff knew all of this and did not care. I even talked to the administrator about all this and she said then she would fix everything for me and for years I've thought it was until I get a notice from the IRS. Blue cliff you better help me figure out a better solution because this is not it! I'm not paying for an education I didn't receive solely due to how yall were handling things in 2011!

@Kiaynna Price you literally are the best !!! Thank you for giving me the most exceptional service I have ever received from Blue Cliff ! I graduated in 08 and you my dear are a gem!!

honestly, since they offer night classes and i still was able to get my license i gave 2 stars instead of 1. other that the convenience of night classes and my work schedule i would’ve attended a different school for esthetics. i can recall 1 instructor actually taking the time to teach us what we needed for state board and idk if i would’ve made it through the practical with out her. it was pretty much self taught other than that. we didn’t really get to experience field trips and get to go visit businesses other than 2. 1 of which was ulta and it was no different from when i went to the store myself. it also was very unorganized. at one point when we were supposed to receive our white coats it was given to the wrong class (thats just one example) . AGAIN if it weren’t for the convenience of night classes i would have dropped and pursued a different school that actually gave the moneys worth.

They ARE APPROVED to teach Esthetics now!!! As of 2023!!...But they are understaffed and surrounded by students who are immature and couldn't make it in a real college.....IF I'm honest!!!!!...So the reviews are BAD!! EVERYONE wants the answers given to them and when they DONT get that from a new instructor, they complain! But they also complain when there is no instructor at all... The understaffiing is the ENTIRE PROBLEM WITH THIS INSTITUTION!!! BUT THIS IS A GOOD INSTITUTION IF YOU GET THE PROPER EDUCATORS! MRS. Crassandra Ross Is a PRIME example Of that!!! Please take note if ANY Boosters or Administrators/ BIG Wigs are reading these reviews! I HAVE THE memory of a fruit fly....Mrs Ross makes the information STICK!!! IF THEY get their understaffing issue taken care of.. thisnwould be an AMAZING school!!! Right now, as long as you're not an absolute idiot and PUT IN THE WORK! JUST GET YOUR degree and TAKE YOUR TEST!!! This is a GREAT place to start!!!

I've been a Cosmetology student here since July 10th and I have never been happier! I have smart, talented, professional instructors who keep me excited to learn. Get along with all my fellow students. I have to pay back almost $10,000 in student loans after graduation, but I think I'll be given all the knowledge of the skills necessary to make a decent living and get them paid off. I've personally heard quite a few people talk VERY bad of Blue Cliff, but truly I believe these people would say the same negative stuff about ANY school.

Don’t waste your money or time. Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else, the dental program it’s A JOKE, overpriced, you probably will never get the material that you PAID for and the education level depends on the instructor you get, good luck getting stuck in a class room talking about personal life and so on. Also good luck trying to get a straight answer from the people is supposed to keep up your hours, this place is so bad, is mismanaged, they are not professional, they guy who sign me in was to worried about get my money that forgot to Include details of thing that where necessary to graduate, like having to work for free many hours. Honestly just go somewhere else, ohhhhhh the lady who "helps" making your resume, what a joke, she has a attitude problem, rude. HA also the woman that works with the computers, she never knows NOTHING, they just have a bunch of inept people working at this so called "college" SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TIME, GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. They also played people in other program and took their money, when they didn’t even had the license.