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Try Harder!

- Today, it's the first dayof finals, the dreaded finals

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of finals, the dreaded finals

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- Today, it's the first day of finals, the dreaded finals.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:28
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.
[dramatic upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:04
[dramatic upbeat music]
- All right, does anybody not have - Try Harder! 00:07
- All right, does anybody not have
As always read questions carefully. - Try Harder! 00:04
As always read questions carefully.
Tell a story 'cause it's about storytelling. - Try Harder! 00:04
Tell a story 'cause it's about storytelling.
- Today is the deadline for UC apps and CSU apps. - Try Harder! 00:05
- Today is the deadline for UC apps and CSU apps.
So lots of apprehension, anxiety. - Try Harder! 00:04
So lots of apprehension, anxiety.
[keyboard clicking] - Try Harder! 00:09
[keyboard clicking]
It's like how well you're able to articulate yourself, - Try Harder! 00:06
It's like how well you're able to articulate yours...
- So I have roughly seven supplemental essays, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So I have roughly seven supplemental essays,
- I'm probably gonna have to in the end - Try Harder! 00:05
- I'm probably gonna have to in the end
- I don't know whether or not I should - Try Harder! 00:08
- I don't know whether or not I should
- If you ask a lot of Asians, - Try Harder! 00:07
- If you ask a lot of Asians,
Like they don't wanna show too much about themselves. - Try Harder! 00:05
Like they don't wanna show too much about themselves.
That's just how a lot of Chinese people - Try Harder! 00:06
That's just how a lot of Chinese people
So even if you're not convinced that you're the best, - Try Harder! 00:05
So even if you're not convinced that you're the be...
- My mom, she really thinks that I have a big chance - Try Harder! 00:07
- My mom, she really thinks that I have a big chance
She's like, - Try Harder! 00:10
She's like,
[indistinct chattering] [door closing] - Try Harder! 00:09
[indistinct chattering] [door closing]
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:09
[indistinct chattering]
And, I didn't get a 1600 on the SAT, I only got a 1500, - Try Harder! 00:11
And, I didn't get a 1600 on the SAT, I only got a 1500,