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33 Fremont Teens Are Candidates For Presidential Scholars Program

See which local students were named among the 4,500 candidates for the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

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FREMONT, CA — Thirty three Fremont students are in the running for the distinguished 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

  • CA - Ashish Basetty, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Shivansh Baveja, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Arjun S. Bothra, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Timothy A. Brahan, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Srinjoy Chatterjee, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Anusri Chavali, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Sanjana Das, Fremont - BASIS Ind Silicon Valley
  • CA - Brian Fu, Fremont - American High School
  • CA - Arushi Gupta, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Jared A. Hughes, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Surabhi Jain, Fremont - Washington High School
  • CA - Joel S. Jothiprakasam, Fremont - Bellarmine College Preparatory
  • CA - Anish Kashyap, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Divya C. Koya, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Aria Lakhmani, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Farrah X. Lin, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Serena Mao, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Felicia Mo, Fremont - Irvington High School
  • CA - Tavish Mohanti, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Allison R. Peng, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Arya Pratap, Fremont - Saint Francis High School
  • CA - Shreya Ramachandran, Fremont - American High School
  • CA - Anoushka Shrivastava, Fremont - Mission San Jose High Schoo
  • CA - Adhit Siripurapu, Fremont - Mission San Jose High Schoo
  • CA - Anahita Srinivasan, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Arul H. Verma, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Anika Wadhera, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Sarah J. Wang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Xin Jie Yu, Fremont - American High School
  • CA - Allen Zhang, Fremont - American High School
  • CA - Eric Y. Zhang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - Rebecca B. Zhang, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School
  • CA - David S. Zhu, Fremont - Mission San Jose High School

The program was established by an executive order from former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, according to a news release from the U.S. Presidential Scholars Office. It recognizes accomplished high school seniors for their efforts.

Students are variously honored for their accomplishments in the arts, career and technical fields, and more broadly, academic achievement.

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Panelists will review applications from the 4,500 candidates in early April and select 600 semifinalists. Finalists will be named in May.

Up to 161 students are named as U.S. Presidential Scholars each year.

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More than 7,500 U.S. Presidential Scholars have been recognized since the program's inception.

See the full list of candidates here.

— Written by Courtney Teague with additional reporting by Bea Karnes

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