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Try Harder!

All right, so, the theme of ourpresentation this afternoon is where should you apply?

All right, so, the theme of our
presentation this afternoon is where should you apply?

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- All right, so,
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the theme of our presentation this afternoon
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is where should you apply?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:25
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
ITVS,Center for Asian American Media (CAAM),California Humanites,XTR,Corporation for Public Broadcasting

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Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
There's a lot, you know, - Try Harder! 00:08
There's a lot, you know,
You know, we all know what the Ivy League schools are, - Try Harder! 00:09
You know, we all know what the Ivy League schools are,
We all have a perceptual pecking order of the UCs. - Try Harder! 00:06
We all have a perceptual pecking order of the UCs.
But the thing to remember is you are not too good - Try Harder! 00:08
But the thing to remember is you are not too good
I've become a voice to tell kids look away from Stanford. - Try Harder! 00:05
I've become a voice to tell kids look away from Stanfor...
You know, you look at you know, the Ivy League schools - Try Harder! 00:13
You know, you look at you know, the Ivy League schools
And that in many cases has to do - Try Harder! 00:06
And that in many cases has to do
[students laughing] - Try Harder! 00:14
[students laughing]
- I did root instead of squares, and then I-- - Try Harder! 00:08
- I did root instead of squares, and then I--
- I'll have to go through that-- - Try Harder! 00:06
- I'll have to go through that--
[both chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:11
[both chuckling]
- Take the textbook, - Try Harder! 00:06
- Take the textbook,
And then stay up till three in the morning, - Try Harder! 00:04
And then stay up till three in the morning,
- If we looked at the blue particles as being - Try Harder! 00:11
- If we looked at the blue particles as being
Each is a different distance R from the axis of rotation, - Try Harder! 00:20
Each is a different distance R from the axis of rotation,
There's just something about the personality - Try Harder! 00:07
There's just something about the personality
So, I mean, going to a school - Try Harder! 00:09
So, I mean, going to a school
It's like a school of other Asian me's. - Try Harder! 00:06
It's like a school of other Asian me's.
The career path that I want to pursue, - Try Harder! 00:14
The career path that I want to pursue,
So I want to be in a position where I feel like I'm helping. - Try Harder! 00:05
So I want to be in a position where I feel like I'm hel...