In an act of unapologetic activism Ziad Ahmed decided to write #BlackLivesMatter 100 times for an answer to one of his Stanford application questions.

For very obvious reasons he thought there was no chance he was getting accepted.

The question posed was “What matters to you, and why?”

His only answer was #BlackLivesMatter, written 100 times.

Then on Friday the surprise acceptance came!

I submitted this answer in my @Stanford application, & yesterday, I was admitted…#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/R5YxM77bWL
— Ziad Ahmed (@ziadtheactivist) April 1, 2017

Ahmed told Mic.com:

“I was actually stunned when I opened the update and saw that I was admitted. 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 told Mic that he felt he could not be a good Muslim if he was not an ally to the black community.

“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.”

I wish him luck!