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More than 50 Central Falls High School juniors have been conditionally admitted to ΢��Ȧ for Fall 2024. They are the Anchor 2 Success Class of 2024.

Anchor 2 Success is an inter-institutional agreement between ΢��Ȧ and Central Falls High School wherein ΢��Ȧ will admit any Central Falls High School junior who throughout their past three years of high school have maintained a minimum GPA of 2.5 and a 90 percent attendance rate. Admittance is based on the condition that they maintain this GPA and attendance rate throughout their senior year.

In addition to automatic acceptance to ΢��Ȧ, Anchor 2 Success students will have their Common Application fee waived, their ΢��Ȧ enrollment fee waived and their housing deposit waived.

“These students have already proven themselves,” says ΢��Ȧ Admission Counselor Maya Suggs. “Waiving these fees is our reward to them.” As ΢��Ȧ’s Anchor 2 Success coordinator, Suggs’ role includes assisting these students in filling out the Common Application, guiding them through ΢��Ȧ’s enrollment process and providing them with any other supports they need.  

Also assisting these students in the college preparation process is Central Falls Guidance Counselor Yadira Garcia, who is also a two-time ΢��Ȧ alumna.

Garcia says, “Knowing that these students have the opportunity to go to a really great school like ΢��Ȧ is exciting for me. I’m a little partial to ΢��Ȧ because I went to ΢��Ȧ’s Upward Bound Program, PEP Program and I earned two degrees at ΢��Ȧ – a B.A. in communication in 1999 and an M.A. in counseling in 2012. I’ve been tried-and-true to the college since I was 15 years old and I continue to be a cheerleader for everything ΢��Ȧ does. Being a ΢��Ȧ grad, I can give them perspective, advice and offer my first-hand experience.” 

“I think we have a very strong rising junior and senior class,” she says. “These kids are really well-rounded in that they are not only academically strong, they participate in programs, sports and afterschool clubs. It makes me happy to see such high-achieving students.” 

“My job,” Suggs says, “is to be beside them throughout the college enrollment process. Our job, as a college, is to make whatever dreams they have come true. It’s good to know, at the end of the day, that we’re making a difference in their lives.”