once upon a time, Marvel Beauty Schools stood for something. you could be assured that you were…read morereceiving a quality education from teachers who knew their business. that is so not true of the London school. students are expected to show up and shovel the parking lot - if you have a slip and fall, oh well, too bad. supposedly there is a cleaning service that comes in nightly, but the bathrooms are never cleaned (blood was left on the toilet paper dispenser for three days and students were told to clean it off themselves) and the students are the ones sweeping, mopping, washing walls and baseboards, and cleaning windows and mirrors. teachers are blatant about the favoritism. new teachers are quitting within days, the bullying from the other staff - which is done right in front of students - is that bad. the teachers that remain are (with the rare notable exception) elitist and, in general, don't know what they're doing. lessons taught in one class by one teacher turn out to be incorrect in the next class by the next teacher. there is no emotional support if you're not one of the "golden girls" but if you're a favorite with the principal, Ms Round, or one of the "in" teachers, you can do no wrong. want to pick and choose your customers? no problem. bring your boyfriend to hang around all day? sure! talk and text on your cell phone during class? go for it! but if you're not one of the favored few, every wrong breath and every independent opinion costs you severely. if you have learning disorder or medical problems, forget any accommodation because they don't care. unlike other, more modern, and more standards-compliant schools, as far as they're concerned, it's sink or swim and it's solely your problem. accessibility act of ontario? never heard of it. your marks on assignments, projects, and tests also depend on your standing with the teacher and on the teacher's mood. your marks will be good if she's in a good mood, bad if she's in a bad mood. one student did literally nothing to her mannequin, told the teacher she'd fixed it, and went from a fail to a near-perfect mark. furthermore, administration can't be bothered to do their job properly - once again, everybody's student loans are going to be late because forms were not signed by the deadline, the principal being either away or "too busy" to get them done. students are now late for rent and bill payments, seeing as that money is their only source of income. this school is taking in $264,000 per term, yet the equipment - which is insufficient for the number of students - is old, broken down, and filthy unless the students take it apart and clean it themselves (which i'm pretty sure is not allowed). the chemicals are the cheapest of the cheap - when representatives of a top-flight hair product company heard the students use Wella hair colour, they laughed. money is collected weekly for various "fund raising" projects that are pretty much mandatory, yet the students are not told what's done with the money and certainly don't see any benefit. the basement classroom is ice cold because, as the result of a building inspection, they were told due to the lack of windows, the fresh air return has to be running at all times. not only is there no windows in the basement classroom, but if a fire breaks out on the first floor, the students will be unable to escape as there is no way to directly exit the basement to the outside (as you'd be able to do if there were, for example, windows!). in the student's salon, where they do cuts for customers, if you're not one of the teacher's favourites, you are required to serve customers that are drunk, stoned, potentially violent, or just plain disgustingly filthy (lice, mold in beards, rank food caught in hair, etc). if the teacher likes you, you can pass on the ticket to someone else. you can sit around all day and do no cuts at all but still get your hours. if you're not a teacher favourite, you MUST accept the ticket or you will be signed out for the day and lose your hours. in short, the London Marvel school is casting a huge blight on a once-honoured institution.

I wish I were aware of such a website like Yelp before, so that I'd have been able to make a better…read moredecision about schooling. I have since graduated from Marvel Beauty School, and now am on to better things. I do not have many good things to say about this school unfortunatel.y. The learning environment was not conductive of an open and honest place to grow.The students did not have decent role models to strive towards, instead, we were fearful to ask any advice, as you would be mocked, belittied infront of staff, or students, or just behind your back to those individuals. You are not taught the same consistant program between the students. The teachers do not follow a set plan, they read from text and throw in some stuff on the side, but we really never were consistantly taught. Many times, I asked for help "How do you no know that already, you're at 6 months and you don't kno how to do this?? You were taught before...!" Teachers would rather see you struggle, and beat you up about it, than jump in and help you! If only there were more teaching! Demo's, instead of stupid repetative non important morning exercises... Nothing is current,. I'm really at loss of where our massive tuition went to. Certainly not to supplies, or upgrades!! We can't have good product on hand..."oh it gets stolen by the students" You're a thief before they even know your name! The school is dirty, falling apart...and they won't fix the damn place.. A few are decent in the teaching part...but are so jaded by the students...Seems like they all lost their love for teaching, or just never had it to begin with! No wonder people skip, and get kicked out, such a crappy environment. I'm surprized I made it, not having OSAP is motivation to stick through it, unless you have thick skin and can rise above it I unfortunately didn't hear much better from other hairschools, and chose this one due to reputation Choose wisely out there!

Such. Great school! And really great prices! The owner/instructor has been in the business for a…read morelong time and really knows what she's doing 10/10 would recommend the students at shallow creek and the salon it's self! Take a chance and try something new!!

Love Gina's Collage I have been going there since I moved to Waterloo Four years ago…read more The students are very friendly the quality of haircuts are very good. Have always been very satisfied with there work. There is a professional checking on the students to make sure they are following there guidance.

Olivia did an excellent job with my hair color and haircut -- I'm very pleased with her work! Thank…read moreyou to Gina's College for providing such great guidance and support to their students.

I love getting my hair done here. Super cheap and the students really try to give you a great look…read more It's $16 for a cut wash and style or $13 for a wash and style, so sometimes I come here just when I'm too lazy to straighten my hair! But, as great as this place is, make sure you leave plenty of time for your appointment because it takes students a lot longer than at a regular salon. Oh, and they give free hand massages!

My first visit was nice - I knew they were students but they seemed to know what they were doing…read more Even though the salon was a little out of the way for me, I was happy enough to come back for another visit. My second, not so nice. I came in for a simple bang trim, the stylist seemed like she was unsure and took only small snippets. Refusing to ask an instructor for help until after multiple feedbacks of "no, I don't like this", I walked out of the salon with a blunt fringe -- the type that's seems to be "popular with kids these days" but not one that in any way suits the actual shape of my face. I was very dissatisfied with my new look thanks to lack of communication from both ends; I'm going to have to start becoming that obnoxious picky customer for haircuts. Although my bang trim was done for free (being a returning customer), I think I would rather spend a little more for somewhere more reliable.

They use threat tactics to make you think that you need this…read moretraining. They invoice you before you even use their service. When you call to cancel they threaten you that they will send it to collections. They send statements with added interest even though we have not used the service.

This company is aggressive, Intimidating and threatening. Trying to make companies pay bills for…read moretraining never taken. They threaten action against employee's personally if the company doesn't agree to pay the above mentioned bills. Please do not fall into the trap!