student designs vietnam veterans memorial\nmaya lin was an architecture student at yale university when she…

student designs vietnam veterans memorial\nmaya lin was an architecture student at yale university when she completed a special class assignment - a monument to veterans of the vietnam war. the assignment was inspired by the october 1980 announcement of a national design competition for such a memorial to be built in washington, d.c. lins professor gave her design only a b but encouraged her to enter it into the competition. more than 1,400 entries were submitted and judged anonymously. most of the other entrants were trained architects, whereas lin hadnt yet completed her degree in architecture. yet lins design took first place, earning her $20,000 in prize money. she later wrote, \from the very beginning i often wondered, if it had not been an anonymous entry... but rather an entry by maya lin, would i have been selected?\\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nmaya lin was just a student, but her design won a national competition for the vietnam veterans memorial.\nmaya lins design won first prize in a competition and went on to become the vietnam veterans memorial.\nmaya lin received a b for her design for a memorial to vietnam veterans, but she was encouraged to enter it in a national competition.

student designs vietnam veterans memorial\nmaya lin was an architecture student at yale university when she completed a special class assignment - a monument to veterans of the vietnam war. the assignment was inspired by the october 1980 announcement of a national design competition for such a memorial to be built in washington, d.c. lins professor gave her design only a b but encouraged her to enter it into the competition. more than 1,400 entries were submitted and judged anonymously. most of the other entrants were trained architects, whereas lin hadnt yet completed her degree in architecture. yet lins design took first place, earning her $20,000 in prize money. she later wrote, \from the very beginning i often wondered, if it had not been an anonymous entry... but rather an entry by maya lin, would i have been selected?\\nwhat is the main, or central, idea of the passage?\nmaya lin was just a student, but her design won a national competition for the vietnam veterans memorial.\nmaya lins design won first prize in a competition and went on to become the vietnam veterans memorial.\nmaya lin received a b for her design for a memorial to vietnam veterans, but she was encouraged to enter it in a national competition.

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The passage focuses on Maya Lin, a student, whose design won a national competition. It emphasizes her student status and the competition win. The second option about it becoming the memorial is not stated in the passage. The third option only mentions part of the story (the B grade and encouragement) but not the main outcome (winning the competition).

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Maya Lin was just a student, but her design won a national competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.