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Noah Schnappis headed to the Ivy League!
On Friday, the 17-year-oldStranger Thingsstar shared a touching video on hisTikTokpage, showing him opening an acceptance letter from the University of Pennsylvania.
“#UPENN2026 BABY💙❤️,” the actor captioned the TikTok.
Schnapp is best known for his role as Will Byers in Netflix’sStranger Things,which is set to have its long-awaitedseason 4 premierein summer 2022.
In October, he told PEOPLE thatthe fourth season is “unexpected, romantic and exhilarating.”
“I was with a great group of people and I bonded with everyone a lot and I had a good time,” Schnapp said. “I think this season is going to be the best one yet. It’s something to be excited about.”
“Every season we have different storylines and different people that I get to work with. I think this season, it was the most unexpected,'' he continued. “[There were] certain people I’d never worked with before. It just really opened my eyes and I had such a good time doing it.”
Stranger Thingsfeatures an ensemble cast of characters who battle against mysterious entities from an alternate universe, dubbed the Upside Down. The first three seasons haveshattered viewership recordsfor the streaming service and have been met with critical acclaim.
Netflix announced in October that the series hadresumed production on season 4after the COVID-19 pandemic halted filming earlier in the year. The show was a month into production when the pandemic hit the U.S. in March 2020, PEOPLE previously reported.
Co-creator Ross Duffer has also already confirmed thatStranger Thingswill continue past the upcoming season.
“We know what the end is, and we know when it is,” he toldThe Hollywood Reporterin August. “[The pandemic] has given us time to look ahead, figure out what is best for the show. Starting to fill that out gave us a better idea of how long we need to tell that story.”
source: people.com
