A school pupil misplaced a $100,000 scholarship as a result of she forgot to open the letter. Then the faculty noticed her viral video and made her dream come true.

• A TikToker mentioned she by no means opened a letter from her dream school providing her a scholarship.
• The video blew up, and even reached the faculty in query, which gave the story a cheerful ending.
• A consultant from Maryville Faculty informed Insider they honored the unique scholarship.

A TikToker who realized she’d ignored a suggestion letter from certainly one of her prime three faculties acquired the six-figure scholarship anyway, after her distraught response went viral on the app. 

On April 30, a TikToker who goes by @luvlyymadiii posted a video a chunk of paper, whereas an on-screen caption mentioned she was going by way of her unopened school acceptance letters whereas she cleaned out her closet. 

The video then zoomed into her shocked and angry-looking face as additional on-screen captions mentioned she’d simply realized she had been provided a $104,000 scholarship from certainly one of her prime three faculties, however she had already determined to attend neighborhood school as an alternative as a result of she thought she could not afford the fee.

Over 5.6 million folks seen the add which attracted tons of of feedback, a lot of which expressed dismay and have been baffled as to why the TikToker hadn’t gotten round to opening such an vital letter.

Over per week later, on Could 9, the TikToker returned with a much-anticipated replace. Within the video, which acquired an additional 640,000 views, she defined she hadn’t initially opened the letter as a result of she’d acquired over 300 of them from faculties and mentioned it was “not possible for me to open each single certainly one of them” as she was busy doing faculty work and had a job on the time. In a follow-up remark she additionally wrote that she’d been making use of for faculties because the center of her junior yr in highschool, which defined the excessive quantity.

Nonetheless, in the identical add, she mentioned the varsity in query, Maryville Faculty in Tennessee, had caught wind of the state of affairs and referred to as her as much as say “they have been gonna make my goals come true” and the provide was nonetheless on the desk. “I am simply so excited!” the TikToker mentioned within the video.

Dr Alayne Bowman, vp for admissions and monetary support at Maryville Faculty, informed Insider through an e mail alternate that she was the one who referred to as up the TikToker, and never solely did the faculty “honor her scholarship” they have been additionally “thrilled to study extra about Madi and prompt some extra scholarships” which Bowman mentioned the TikToker had utilized for, and was awarded. 

“We knew we might make this dream of hers come true,” she mentioned.

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