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Try Harder!

And then also copy me onyour calendar, so I can help you remember, you have to put...

And then also copy me on
your calendar, so I can help you remember, you have to put the
alerts on your calendar

Full Transcript

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And then also copy me on your calendar,
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so I can help you remember,
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you have to put the alerts on your calendar.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:49
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.
As I-- - Try Harder! 00:12
As I--
The girl across the table - Try Harder! 00:08
The girl across the table
And she said, "Well, what ethnicity is your mom?" - Try Harder! 00:07
And she said, "Well, what ethnicity is your mom?"
And she said, "That's so weird because I didn't expect - Try Harder! 00:16
And she said, "That's so weird because I didn'...
- Now, I'm a true believer - Try Harder! 00:05
- Now, I'm a true believer
- I think one of my scores came back on the PSAT - Try Harder! 00:07
- I think one of my scores came back on the PSAT
But my mom's like,"I knew it, I knew it all along." - Try Harder! 00:08
But my mom's like,"I knew it, I knew it all along....
- All right, so, - Try Harder! 00:08
- All right, so,
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,