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Student sends MIT acceptance letter into space

February 7, 2012 · Posted By: Emily Kelley

Most students who get acceptance letters from their prospective colleges put them on their parent’s fridges, show them to their school counselors or post copies on Facebook to show to family and friends.

Then again, most students aren’t little geniuses that get accepted into MIT.

Take the recently the accepted Erin King for example. The Columbus High School senior received an early admissions letter to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in December, the Ledger-Enquirer reports.

Students accepted into MIT via early admission receive their letters in capsules that contain the notice, school information and confetti, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.

So when she learned about a tradition called “Hack the Tubes,” where students to do something creative with MIT’s signature capsule containing the letter, King decided to send hers INTO SPACE via air balloon.

Like I said, most people stick the letters on the fridge, others send theirs into space.

The Georgia teen sent the shiny, silver tube about 91,000 feet into the atmosphere on Jan. 16, according to the YouTube video description.

The MIT Admissions department reports that 6,008 students applied for early acceptance this year. Only 680 were admitted into the university. King will be part of the graduating class of 2016.

Obviously, MIT knew what they were doing when they selected King.

 

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