A Beauty School Grad Registers for the State Boards

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A Beauty School Grad Registers for the State Boards

Published: November 10, 2008
by Rosanne Ullman

No sooner had Kris

sy Simmons graduated from cosmetology school (scroll back to read earlier posts about her school experience) than she had to begin preparing to take her state board exams. “In Michigan, you must pass the practical portion of your state boards before you can schedule your theory portion,” Krissy reports. She paid for the exams through her school, CHIC University of Cosmetology an Empire School. The exam cost $140, and she also was required to pay for her license, which as she recalls cost $48. Working part-time in retail, Krissy didn’t have enough money and borrowed what she needed to cover the fees.

Krissy was so eager to take the boards. “You just want to get in as soon as possible!” she says. But in Michigan they take only eight applicants at a time for the practical portion, which requires you to demonstrate hairdressing procedures on a mannequin head. The soonest Krissy could get scheduled was more than two weeks away. “I did all of my scheduling online at PSIExams.com,” she reports. “They walk you through almost everything, so it’s pretty convenient.”

She chose the closest location, Grand Rapids, although she says she would have traveled farther if she could have gotten in sooner. “I arrived at the site at 9:30am, as you have to be at the testing location a half-hour before the testing starts or you forfeit your spot,” she notes. Next time we’ll find out how the cosmetology school grad did that day.