Needless to say, one of my biggest fears was to fall victim of some scam school and end up losing my money. I started my search on Google and went from there. An up-to-date site was the first thing I noticed about the different schools I researched. I searched for a \u201creviews\u201d section on each site (even though reviews could be faked, but it’s good to look at them). I also looked for any kind of business certification like the BBB (Better Business Bureau)<\/a> or any kind of education certification that made the school more official.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n I also feared I would enroll in a real school but not learn anything, or that the lessons wouldn\u2019t be good quality. That\u2019s why I searched for sample lessons<\/a> on the school websites. If that sample lesson was not up to par, the school was a no-go.<\/p>\n\n Another of my fears would be that I would end up buying a diploma or certificate, that I would not have to actually work for my grades, or would not have assignments. Let me warn you, you have to work your butt off at QC but I assure you that you WILL<\/b> learn.<\/p>\n\n Enrolling at an online school requires a certain amount of trust too. When I enrolled at QC and learned that I would have a tutor that would personally look at my work and grade it, it crossed my mind that I would just receive some general, pre-recorded feedback (sorry guys!). Once I sent my first Unit I was on the lookout for some generic message. Thank goodness Nathan<\/a> mentioned details about my work and mentioned that it \u201cwas cool that I was a heavy metal singer<\/a>,\u201d which I had written to him in my introduction on Unit A. That eliminated all doubts that it was not a real recording!<\/p> \n\n All in all, my advice to you is to do your research. Search for people who are already enrolled at any given school you\u2019re looking into and talk to them, find videos of lessons, and if you have any questions about anything, write to customer service or student services. In my opinion, the service you receive is also an indicator of how good the school is.<\/p>\n\n Happy school hunting! I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll end up here at QC just like me! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n Big hugs,<\/p>\n\n Nichole<\/p>\n\n![\"Researching](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Researching-online-makeup-schools-on-google.jpg\")
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\n\nDid you enjoy this post? Read more about Nichole’s experience<\/a> with QC Makeup Academy as she discusses things she didn’t expect to learn from an online makeup course!<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We know that researching online makeup schools can be a scary thing. You may have some fears about learning makeup online and want to pick the right school for you. And of course you don’t want to waste your money! Check out some of the fears our Student Ambassador, Nichole, had when she was first looking online for the perfect school for her and find out how she dealt with them! ","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[430],"class_list":{"0":"post-9113","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-guest-articles"},"yoast_head":"\n