She ditched scholarship for viewership.
A popular TikTokker has revealed she turned down a full ride to university to be a TikTok star — and she doesn’t regret it.
“Growing up, I wanted to become a lawyer and always thought that was what I’d end up doing,” Megan Nutt, 22, told Jam Press.
“I’ve always enjoyed being able to solve complex problems using logic and reasoning in a changing world – so a career in law appealed to me,” the Floridian — who posts under @Megnutt02 on TikTok — added/
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Nutt claims she had straight-A’s and a 4.0 GPA when she graduated high school top of her class, which earned her a full scholarship to Florida International University to study business at the honors college.
But by then, her TikTok follower count had grown larger than her desire to study the law.
“When I committed to posting and growing my TikTok account, I had a gut feeling it would pay off,” Nutt said.
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The chesty brunette posts videos of herself dancing, lip syncing and cosplaying, often with suggestive props.
Nutt says she began posting videos on TikTok behind her parents’ back when she was 17 and she quickly went viral with 10,000 views.
“I’d post myself dancing and I got so much hate – but I also got so many more followers,” Nutt explained.
“It wasn’t something I’d ever considered would be my career, but it became lucrative.”
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Now, the content creator spends about 11 hours a day filming as her full-time job and racks up millions of likes.
However, she also gets her fair share of hate.
“People judge me, but I think they’re just jealous. They feel like my job is easy and that anyone can do it.”
But Nutt insists, “I put in more hours every day than I would if I had a traditional job.”
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Despite her online critics, Nutt is supported by those who matter most — her family.
“They are both supportive and just want me to be happy,” she said.
She’s also proud to be financially independent at her age. Nutt has used her earnings to travel all around and world and recently bought a house.
“I am more financially stable than if I had gone to college, and I’m more financially stable than most 22-year-olds,” she said, noting that she feels “lucky.”
“I know a lot of young people aren’t able to do this.”
Although this isn’t the path the Gen Zer had envisioned for herself for most of her life, she wouldn’t change it.
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“I have absolutely no regrets,” Nutt insisted.
“It’s crazy to think about how different my life would be if I had gone to study and become a lawyer.”
