College acceptances rolling in at one local school

NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It was a day filled with life changing moments for students at Cristo Ray Philadelphia High School.

Many of them found out they got accepted to college, and some, couldn't contain their excitement.

Senior Katera Smalls, for one, was elated.

I'm gonna go home, run in there, and be like "i got accepted to college"

Katera actually got in to TWO colleges today.

Admissions representatives interviewed the students, and offered them acceptance letters on the spot!

The schools were also granting scholarships, to make college affordable.

Faith Whitt, another senior confirmed HER good fortune "Um, yeah i got accepted actually".

Smalls reflected back to her first days at Cristo Rey "when i first came here, i thought man, i'm just going to go to community college, but now i have options"

College Advisor Jared Epler encourage the students to have big goals. "we think a lot of our students maybe didn't see college as a reality. so this is our way of showing them they can do it, they can achieve it"

Cristo Rey is a Catholic school, serving low-income, highly motivated students, and these students are part of the school's first graduating senior class, making this day even more memorable.