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Proud Dad Runs to Hug Daughter After Learning She Got Into College

The heartwarming moment a proud father learned that his daughter was accepted into her college of choice is going viral after footage of the pair was posted to TikTok late last month.

Meredith Murphy shared the throwback video to her TikTok account, which showed her father reading her acceptance letter from the University of Virginia (UVA) back in 2016.

The wholesome clip shows her dad punching the air as he runs towards his daughter, yelling “I’m so proud of you” before pulling her in for a hug.

“My dad is the biggest UVA fan,” Murphy told Storyful. “When I found out I was accepted, I printed my acceptance letter and put it in the mailbox, addressed to him.”

The beautiful moment proved to be a big hit with TikTok users, and had racked up over 800,000 views at the time of writing.

“My dad came to almost every home football game while I was a student there,” Murphy said, adding that she graduated from UVA in 2020, after “four incredible years”. Credit: Meredith Murphy via Storyful