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1 c. T* @! u" v; I& f0 e2 g大家围观一下美国当代的白卷英雄,一个穆斯林娃在申请普林斯顿申请书上写了一百个#blacklifematter, 被录取了!When Ziad Ahmed was asked "What matters to you, and why?" on his Stanford University application, only one thing came to mind: #BlackLivesMatter.
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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter7 |1 ~4 K K5 `& x
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"I was actually stunned when I opened the update and saw that I was admitted ," Ahmed said in an email. "I didn't think I would get admitted to Stanford! a$ m+ i# e2 y3 T- D* }
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic
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On Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over
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