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The Choice Blog: A College Applicant of Many, but No Pick for No. 1

nytimes.com (7 months and 6 days ago)

Nov 12, 2012

Maimuna Abdi Yussuf, a student at African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, writes that her "dream school slot is close to being a lottery." full story

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