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Try Harder!

I am Mr. Cooley,if you haven't seen me, Mr. Shapiro has given mecontrol over your fates

I am Mr. Cooley,
if you haven't seen me, Mr. Shapiro has given me
control over your fates

Full Transcript

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I am Mr. Cooley, if you haven't seen me,
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Mr. Shapiro has given me control over your fates.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:20
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.
- I have finished my college applications - Try Harder! 00:07
- I have finished my college applications
[chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:05
[chuckling]
- I have applied to 11, that's including Stanford. - Try Harder! 00:05
- I have applied to 11, that's including Stanford.
I have the two UCs so that's Berkeley and LA and then Yale, - Try Harder! 00:12
I have the two UCs so that's Berkeley and LA and then Y...
[gentle upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[gentle upbeat music]
- [Lady] Stanford was a huge disappointment, I got that. - Try Harder! 00:04
- [Lady] Stanford was a huge disappointment, I got that.
But, now we know that's not the direction we're going on in, - Try Harder! 00:07
But, now we know that's not the direction we're go...
Because if you went to Stanford, - Try Harder! 00:04
Because if you went to Stanford,
- Because I think you... Here's the deal, - Try Harder! 00:09
- Because I think you... Here's the deal,
[sighing] - Try Harder! 00:05
[sighing]
- Now we don't get to wait, we have to wait. - Try Harder! 00:04
- Now we don't get to wait, we have to wait.
- I'm doing okay, you know, - Try Harder! 00:10
- I'm doing okay, you know,
- That's the scary and it really could happen. - Try Harder! 00:05
- That's the scary and it really could happen.
So, be positive, send positive prayers - Try Harder! 00:06
So, be positive, send positive prayers
- Yeah. [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:08
- Yeah. [chuckling]
- It's nerve wracking. [paper rustling] - Try Harder! 00:05
- It's nerve wracking. [paper rustling]
Boston, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Fordham, - Try Harder! 00:08
Boston, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Fordham,
- My parents really like Berkeley - Try Harder! 00:05
- My parents really like Berkeley
It's like, my parents can like, come visit me - Try Harder! 00:05
It's like, my parents can like, come visit me
Like I don't... you know. They're gonna like tell me - Try Harder! 00:07
Like I don't... you know. They're gonna like tell ...