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When North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University lacked dorm space, freshman Tzuriel Mauney was placed in a motel instead of a dorm

His mom, Karkelia, tells PEOPLE it nearly made her pull him out of school altogether

“It felt like the university had over-enrolled students without having the proper housing in place," Karkelia says

Parents dream of college move-in day: the dorm room, the decorating, the nervous excitement of leaving a child on campus for the first time. For Karkelia Mauney, that moment was shattered when she learned her son wouldn’t be unpacking in a residence hall at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University — but in a motel.

The surprise housing arrangement was first captured in a TikTok that quickly went viral. A caption r

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