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Try Harder!

And since I know there'smany research opportunities at San Diego, he'll bebetter off then...

And since I know there's
many research opportunities at San Diego, he'll be
better off then going to

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And since I know there's many research opportunities
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at San Diego, he'll be better off then going to...
Duration
10 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:16
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.
Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, any place. - Try Harder! 00:04
Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, any place.
So we are leaving, - Try Harder! 00:06
So we are leaving,
- Okay, that's great, I got energized by Alvan - Try Harder! 00:06
- Okay, that's great, I got energized by Alvan
This is my college experience, - Try Harder! 00:04
This is my college experience,
And she wants to keep me in like a little, - Try Harder! 00:05
And she wants to keep me in like a little,
[door shuts] - Try Harder! 00:05
[door shuts]
- A lot of people have told me, - Try Harder! 00:05
- A lot of people have told me,
- My best times in this school were getting - Try Harder! 00:09
- My best times in this school were getting
Honestly, like there hasn't been anything that has been like - Try Harder! 00:09
Honestly, like there hasn't been anything that has been...
[gentle piano music] - Try Harder! 00:13
[gentle piano music]
And once they can't get in, they get all sad. - Try Harder! 00:04
And once they can't get in, they get all sad.
They can't define themselves in the way that they want to. - Try Harder! 00:05
They can't define themselves in the way that they want ...
[gentle piano music] - Try Harder! 00:08
[gentle piano music]
[gentle piano music] - Try Harder! 00:04
[gentle piano music]
[footsteps] - Try Harder! 00:10
[footsteps]
The more I've looked around, you know, - Try Harder! 00:08
The more I've looked around, you know,
I think I can make whatever school I'm at my own. - Try Harder! 00:04
I think I can make whatever school I'm at my own.
And you know, I think that might come off as me - Try Harder! 00:19
And you know, I think that might come off as me
[footsteps pattering] - Try Harder! 00:04
[footsteps pattering]
[orchestral music] - Try Harder! 00:13
[orchestral music]