Admissions Policies

Limitations

Tennessee Board of Cosmetology State Law requires an individual student to be 17 years of age or older to enroll in a Cosmetology, Esthetics, Instructor, Barbering, or Manicuring course. Gould’s Academy does not recruit or encourage students already enrolled in a similar course of study.

Transfers

If a student is transferring from another school, he/ she may have already accumulated hours toward his/her completion of the 1,500 hour Cosmetology/Barbering program. Gould’s Academy will accept 350 transfer hours. To the extent that the prescribed curricula for courses are substantially similar the Board may allow (150) general hours of credit accumulated by a student to transfer from one course of instruction to another. It is the student’s responsibility to obtain certification of hours, and settle all financial obligations from the prior institution.