Muslim Teens Writes #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times On Stanford Application, Gets In

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A Muslim teen used a personal question a part of a college application to show his solidarity and support of #BlackLivesMatter, and ultimately got accepted in the process.

Ziad Ahmed, who is currently a senior at Princeton (N.J.) Day School was filling out an application to Stanford University when he was presented with the following question: "What matters to you, and why?"

Ahmed responded by writing "#BlackLivesMatter" 100 times, and he ended up receiving an acceptance letter from the school on Friday. The following day (Saturday) he tweeted his response to the application question, as well as his acceptance letter to be a part of Stanford's class of 2021.

"I was actually stunned when I opened the update and saw that I was admitted," Ahmed said in an interview with Mic. "I didn't think I would get admitted to Stanford at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic activism as an asset rather than a liability."

Ahmed also spoke on the importance of being an ally to Black Lives Matter, and how his "unapologetic activism" is an integral part of who he is.

"To me, to be Muslim is to be a BLM ally, and I honestly can't imagine it being any other way for me," Ahmed said. "Furthermore, it's critical to realize that one-fourth to one-third of the Muslim community in America are black…and to separate justice for Muslims from justices for the black community is to erase the realities of the plurality of our community."

Surely, Ahmed is aware of Black Lives Matters' new mission to engage state capitols in hopes of combating the national agenda being carried out by Donald Trump's administration.

"If we don't engage on the state level, many of the same rights we're fighting to protect will be restricted at the local level anyway," Sam Sinyangwe, a data scientist with the project, which is called ourstates.org, said.