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9 M4 w8 U5 R9 K. \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.% N+ ^3 l$ v, e7 O
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
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" n, s$ }* G/ K% |. s+ n' K"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" [% `9 T& k& m" X
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( \6 G j& z* B8 f! d% LOn 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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