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And, I didn't get a 1600 onthe SAT, I only got a 1500, and that's significantly lower than...

And, I didn't get a 1600 on
the SAT, I only got a 1500, and that's significantly lower than the average of what
gets accepted in the high level schools
like that

Full Transcript

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And, I didn't get a 1600 on the SAT, I only got a 1500,
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and that's significantly lower
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than the average of what gets accepted
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in the high level schools like that.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:43
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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Movie Summary

Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
The kids who are going to higher level colleges are... - Try Harder! 00:06
The kids who are going to higher level colleges are...
They're the big players of the world, you know? - Try Harder! 00:05
They're the big players of the world, you know?
If I don't go to one of those big colleges, - Try Harder! 00:06
If I don't go to one of those big colleges,
And at least looking at my resume, - Try Harder! 00:07
And at least looking at my resume,
- Okay, quick check on myself to make sure - Try Harder! 00:08
- Okay, quick check on myself to make sure
- You guys are talking too much - Try Harder! 00:06
- You guys are talking too much
- It's a hard college to get into, so I wasn't really upset. - Try Harder! 00:05
- It's a hard college to get into, so I wasn't rea...
It's not like I was like hoping and wishing and thinking - Try Harder! 00:07
It's not like I was like hoping and wishing and thinkin...
My mom's seemed, she tried to pretend like she was okay - Try Harder! 00:10
My mom's seemed, she tried to pretend like she was okay
I didn't really expect much that kind of just like told me, - Try Harder! 00:11
I didn't really expect much that kind of just like told...
- Oh, she's the one who told me, - Try Harder! 00:05
- Oh, she's the one who told me,
[laughing] - Try Harder! 00:07
[laughing]
- Yeah, I haven't really been doing - Try Harder! 00:05
- Yeah, I haven't really been doing
I think that my number of colleges - Try Harder! 00:05
I think that my number of colleges
And then my mom's like, - Try Harder! 00:05
And then my mom's like,
You don't have to do anything else." - Try Harder! 00:06
You don't have to do anything else."
And it's like that's the same for every single it's like, - Try Harder! 00:07
And it's like that's the same for every single it&...
- Even though he's a teenager - Try Harder! 00:06
- Even though he's a teenager
And sometimes a few times maybe he was kind of disagree - Try Harder! 00:10
And sometimes a few times maybe he was kind of disagree
- She looks through stuff and she gives me ideas. - Try Harder! 00:05
- She looks through stuff and she gives me ideas.