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I also got that from myMIT interview, they're like, "oh yeah,why do you want to go?" I'm...

I also got that from my
MIT interview, they're like, "oh yeah,
why do you want to go?" I'm like...[sighing] - Yeah, those are the
worst questions

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I also got that from my MIT interview,
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they're like, "oh yeah, why do you want to go?"
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I'm like...[sighing]
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- Yeah, those are the worst questions.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:48:53
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.
[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.
He said that you know I'm a pretty good fit for Brown - Try Harder! 00:10
He said that you know I'm a pretty good fit for Brown
I just had to tell my mom that there is different aspects - Try Harder! 00:07
I just had to tell my mom that there is different aspects
I was just like, Oh my God, - Try Harder! 00:06
I was just like, Oh my God,