A prospective cosmetology student picks a school by comparing 4 to 6 in their region. They look at full cosmetology tuition (typically 15,000 to 22,000 USD), esthetician hours (600 in California, 750 in Texas, 260 in New York), nail tech program length (300 to 400 hours), Title IV approval status for Pell grants, and start-date frequency (rolling, monthly, or quarterly). A site that buries these in PDFs loses inquiries to a school that put the numbers right on the page.

SleekAI gives the chatbot access to your real catalog. Map each program in wp_posts (cosmetology, esthetician, nail technician, makeup, instructor training) with hours, tuition, application fee, and kit list in wp_postmeta. Map your start dates, financial aid status, and accreditation (NACCAS, COE). Connect Amelia or Bookly for the admissions counselor calendar. The model now quotes a 1,600-hour cosmetology program at 21,000 USD with a Pivot Point or Milady curriculum, Title IV approved, next start date June 7.

It handles licensing reciprocity questions accurately. Add your state board hour requirements (California cosmetology 1,000 hours, esthetician 600, Texas 1,000 and 750, Florida 1,200 and 260) and the bot can confirm whether your program meets the visitor's home state. Display conditions scope a detailed admissions bot to the programs landing pages and a triage bot to the homepage. Conversation logs let you see which programs draw the most interest so you can prioritize cohort openings.

Cosmetology school applicants comparison-shop across 4 to 6 schools in their region. The decision often comes down to which school answered the tuition, hours, and Pell questions first and most clearly. A site that buries this in PDF brochures or behind a contact form loses applicants to whoever responded inside the hour.

Generic chatbots cannot help because they don't know your specific program hours, your Title IV status, your in-house plan math, or your cohort start calendar. They quote a tuition range, deflect financial aid questions, and tell the applicant to schedule a call. SleekAI fixes the data layer so the bot reads your real program catalog and answers with the same authority an admissions counselor would on the phone.

The cosmetology applicant gets a 21,000 USD total with Pell math, the esthetician applicant gets a 600-hour 8,400 USD quote with state reciprocity confirmed, and the veteran gets GI Bill approval and a counselor appointment. Conversation logs in your own database surface which programs draw the most interest so cohort openings can be prioritized. Over a quarter the enrollment funnel widens because every inquiry gets an answer inside 30 seconds.

The school looks like the most responsive option in town and the admissions team focuses on the high-intent calls instead of retyping the same Pell answer 8 times a day.