“Chetan Narain Presidential Scholar & Star-Ledger Scholar” (Morris County, NJ)

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<p>“What a dream: To improve the lives of millions of the world's poor by creating bacteria that purify water. </p>

<p>“It's Chetan Narain's dream. </p>

<p>"Something like that should be possible," says Chetan, 18, the top senior at Madison High School and this year's Star-Ledger Scholar for Morris County.</p>

<p>“The young man conjured up the dream after working both at a genetics lab at Princeton University -- which he will enter as a freshman in the fall -- and with slum children in India for an organization called Pratham. </p>

<p>"I always was interested in science, but my time in India made me feel I should be involved in diplomacy or international business." </p>

<p>“His interests don't stop there. He also heads his school's literary magazine and German club, plays tennis, and is active with the Boy Scouts.</p>

<p>“Chetan achieved a perfect 2400 on the Scholastic Assessment Test, three top scores of 800 on SAT II subject matter tests in molecular biology, U.S. history and math, and grades of 5 on Advanced Placement tests in biology, U.S. history, calculus and chemistry.</p>

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<p>Chetan is also one of 14 Indian-Americans to be a U.S. Presidential Scholar this year. </p>

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<p>Congratulations, Chetan!</p>

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<p>hahahaha...
i know this kid and he's a cool guy</p>

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<p>That's the Princeton part. The cool guy part.</p>