Admission Requirements
Enrollees are admitted as regular students when all following criteria are met:
A) Applicant must provide a copy of his/her High School Diploma, GED or its equivalent. Coastline Beauty College will verify the authenticity of the diploma prior to enrolment. If the diploma cannot be verified, the student may be asked to provide a final high school transcript showing the dates of entrance and graduation and courses completed. If transcript is not available, the student will be required to meet the Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) requirements or take and pass GED test prior to enrollment. All international high school diplomas need to be translated to english by certified notary AND be verified by independent third party verification service.
B) Students lacking the High School Diploma or its equivalent, must be at least 18 years old (Compulsory school attendance in California), must have completed the 10th grade education level or its equivalent as required by the Board of Barbering & Cosmetology and pass an Ability-to-Benefit (ATB) exam prior to admission. Students admitted under this criteria, will be required to pass one of the Ability-to-Benefit tests approved by the US Department of Education administered by an independent proctor. Students subject to these criteria are referred to as students admitted under the Ability-to-Benefit criteria guidelines. Currently, our school is using the CELSA Ability-to-Benefit. The school’s admissions personnel will provide applicants with additional information as to how to arrange for the Ability-to-Benefit test. All Ability-to-Benefit students must take and pass the test prior to admissions. If you do not pass the exam, re-testing is available after one week waiting period and the independent proctor will explain and provide you with the re-testing procedures.
*If you enroll by passing an ATB test, you may be eligible to receive Federal Student Aid only if ALL these are true:
1) Passed the ATB test before July 1, 2012,
2) were attending a FSA eligible institution and
3) were eligible to receive Federal Student Aid at an eligible institution before July 1, 2012.
Admission Procedure
Applicants are advised to call the College for an appointment to discuss admission requirements and procedures. Each applicant will be interviewed individually so that the College may better understand the career goals of the applicant, and the applicant can better understand the programs of the College.
As part of the admissions procedures, all applicants are required to:
- complete an application for admission
- have an interview with a representative of the Admissions Department;
- have an interview with a Financial Planning Department Representative prior to completing the enrollment process to discuss payment plans;
- complete all necessary paperwork for admission;
- submit all required documents for admission;
- receive a catalog;
- take a tour of the facility.
Upon completion of the admission procedures, the student will be notified of the College decision regarding admission.
During the interview, certain disclosures such as completion and placement rates of graduates will be given to potential students. In addition, tuition and payment plans, and the applicant’s professional and educational goals will be discussed. Each prospective student will receive the college catalog and Performance Fact sheet . Once the student is provided with a College catalog and Performance Fact Sheet, it is the responsibility of that student to familiarize himself/herself with all the College rules and comply with the contents of the catalog. Coastline Beauty College through appropriate action, reserves the right to change any provision or requirement at any time within the student’s term of training. The provisions of this publication do, however, supersede any previously state provisions either written or oral.
The school does not recruit students who are already attending or admitted to another school offering a similar program of study.
