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Try Harder!

- Is that Sophia Wu?

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- Is that Sophia Wu?
Duration
11 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:20
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.
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:10
[indistinct chattering]
- I don't know. [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:07
- I don't know. [chuckling]
I also got that from my MIT interview, - Try Harder! 00:08
I also got that from my MIT interview,
[students laughing] - Try Harder! 00:05
[students laughing]
[chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:09
[chuckling]
If you were in Harvard, you'd have to wear a big coat." - Try Harder! 00:24
If you were in Harvard, you'd have to wear a big coat.&...
- I wanted to apply for all the Ivy's. - Try Harder! 00:05
- I wanted to apply for all the Ivy's.
That's kind of a awesome thing to have as much - Try Harder! 00:05
That's kind of a awesome thing to have as much
Once you graduate from an Ivy league school - Try Harder! 00:06
Once you graduate from an Ivy league school
So, I would like to have for her - Try Harder! 00:05
So, I would like to have for her
It's very important that she's not relying upon - Try Harder! 00:05
It's very important that she's not relying upon
I mean, I think if you play it too safe - Try Harder! 00:08
I mean, I think if you play it too safe
- I see my dad once every three or four days. - Try Harder! 00:04
- I see my dad once every three or four days.
[garbage rustling] - Try Harder! 00:11
[garbage rustling]
[water burbling] - Try Harder! 00:10
[water burbling]
I go shopping for myself, I clean the house, - Try Harder! 00:04
I go shopping for myself, I clean the house,
Then he's out from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM every night. - Try Harder! 00:05
Then he's out from 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM every night.
Like you can burn everything - Try Harder! 00:09
Like you can burn everything
We initially thought that the interview - Try Harder! 00:06
We initially thought that the interview
So it went from 10 to almost about 12. - Try Harder! 00:05
So it went from 10 to almost about 12.