“What matters to you, and why?” For Bangladeshi-American Ziad Ahmed, the answer was clear: #BlackLivesMatter. The 18-year-old from New Jersey wrote this 100 times on his Stanford application and was accepted by the university, reports Mic. The senior at Princeton Day School posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter on Saturday. Also, it’s important to note that this response was one answer on one application. Apart from Stanford, Ziad said he had been accepted to Yale and Princeton.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 06, 2017 05:03 UTC