Lowell College Counseling Center
Lowell College Counseling Center, Room 116
The Lowell Counseling Center is open Mondays-Fridays from 8:30am-4:30pm
College Center Volunteers help staff the center from Lunch Block A through the end of the school day. Keep up to date via Instagram @lowellcollegecenter Email the college center with any questions: lowellviccisf@gmail.com
Ms Aguirre Lowell College Counselor
Question from 'The Lowell' Student News Site: What is one thing you wish students knew about the Lowell College Counseling Center?
Ms. Aguirre: It’s really just a safe place where students should feel comfortable.
Reporters: Shannon Chang and Allister Xu
Photo credit: Nathan Yee
The Lowell College Center Volunteers
The VICCI (Volunteers In the College Center) Volunteers are a team of parents that have successfully gone through the college search process with their own students and have offered to continue sharing their information with current Lowell students. Students can book an appointment to work one-on-one with a volunteer to read an essay, review a college list, practice for an interview or just ask questions.
Quick Links
College Center Resources
College Center Workshops & Additional Resources
The College Center is excited to offer a variety of in-person workshops and events throughout the year to help you with your college planning including Essay Review Drop-ins events in the Fall and our Annual College and Career Day in the Spring. For more information about all our upcoming events and links to additional college planning resources, visit tinyurl.com/vicci-info.
Schedule a One-on-One appointment with a College Center Volunteer
Looking for One-on-One help starting the College search process? Please make an appointment with one of our College Center Volunteers.
Volunteers can help with:
- Working with students to help build a College List
- Understanding the UC Application and Common App
- Working with students on college essays (at any part in the writing process)
- Working on formatting student Activities Lists
Lowell College Essay Online Review Service (submit your essay for review)
How does it work? Through this service, a Lowell student submits their essay online, a reader (an adult from the Lowell Community including Alumni and Parents/Guardians of current and recently graduated students) is assigned to review the essay and provides feedback to the student. Communication between the student and the reader is primarily through comments on the essay (via Google Docs) and in email. Readers are not allowed to meet (in person or virtually) with students unless Ms. Aguirre is present.
Sign up for the College Essay Review Service LINK HERE.
Note: You will also be required to submit a Permission Form signed by a parent/guardian to use this service.
Work Permit Application
SFUSD NEW WORK PERMITS PROCESS (Effective from June 1st, 2023):
Please note we ACCEPT the PAPER WORK PERMIT APPLICATION starting from June 1st, 2023, we no longer use the online system.
Requesting a Work permit is 4 step process:
- Student fills out a work permit application (CDE Form B1-1), Minor’s/School Information.
- Parent/Legal Guardian fills out and signs the Parent/Guardian section.
- Employer fills out and signs the Employer section.
- During the school year, the student brings too Ms. Wanda Lee (room 111) or Ms. Jenny Chu (in the counseling office)
- During the summer. The student then brings a COMPLETED work permit application to the district Transcript/Work Permit Office (20 Cook St. 1st floor Rm. 11) to apply for a student work permit. Please leave the bottom section "For authorized work permit issuer use ONLY" blank. The student has to be physically present to turn in the application.
Please note we DO NOT accept digital signatures, the application has to be physically signed ("wet" signature) by Student, Parent/Guardian, and Employer.
SFUSD Student Needs to Bring:
- Completed application with signatures
- Proof of Age - California ID, Driver’s License, Passport, or Birth Certificate
- Proof of Enrollment - Spring 2023 Report Card or Spring Progress Report card
FIND MORE INFO AT: https://www.sfusd.edu/services/student-services/transcripts-student-records-work-permits
SFUSD Website Resources, College & Career Readiness
Lowell College Center Calendars
College Rep. Visit Calendar
Information for College Reps wishing to visit Lowell
Greetings from Lowell High School! We welcome your interest in visiting our school and speaking with our students. We are using the SCOIR platform for scheduling visits.
Please use this registration link to choose a time slot from those made available on our SCOIR calendar. If you do not have access to SCOIR, please join the platform. It’s free and only takes a few seconds to register.
Contact information for the Lowell HS College and Career Center: lowellvicci@gmail.com
This page was last updated on September 2, 2024