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H/ x$ N2 ?& @1 g Q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.' A8 U/ g9 B4 b" [: X, {7 s; p
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in# M8 ~. F6 \+ F Q/ p& u: ?
Princeton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The
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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
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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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