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Try Harder!

- Alvan, awesome

[doorbell dinging] [footsteps pattering] - Alvan, awesome

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- Alvan, awesome.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
01:09:14
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.
- Oh, that could cause a little bit of contemplation - Try Harder! 00:09
- Oh, that could cause a little bit of contemplation
- Short question from me, as the mother, of course, - Try Harder! 00:15
- Short question from me, as the mother, of course,
- The question is not which school is better - Try Harder! 00:05
- The question is not which school is better
The best place for him - Try Harder! 00:06
The best place for him
And since I know there's many research opportunities - Try Harder! 00:10
And since I know there's many research opportunities
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]