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Try Harder!

Everything you do shouldbe to help you get to the best college youcan get to

Everything you do should
be to help you get to the best college you
can get to

Full Transcript

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Everything you do should be to help you
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get to the best college you can get to.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:15
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.
And then also copy me on your calendar, - Try Harder! 00:06
And then also copy me on your calendar,
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]