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I did really, really want to go over to the East coast
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Try Harder!

I did really, really want togo over to the East coast, but I guess that's okay

I did really, really want to
go over to the East coast, but I guess that's okay

Full Transcript

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I did really, really want to go over to the East coast,
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but I guess that's okay.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:00:49
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 cheering] - Try Harder! 00:08
[students cheering]
[students cheering] [students applauding] - Try Harder! 00:04
[students cheering] [students applauding]
- So many kids got into Berkeley, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So many kids got into Berkeley,
[gentle pensive music] - Try Harder! 00:05
[gentle pensive music]
- Three and a half years of killing myself here - Try Harder! 00:07
- Three and a half years of killing myself here
- I just feel like I tried so hard and I'm going to a school - Try Harder! 00:08
- I just feel like I tried so hard and I'm going to a s...
[students cheering] [students applauding] - Try Harder! 00:05
[students cheering] [students applauding]
[students cheering] [students applauding] - Try Harder! 00:09
[students cheering] [students applauding]
- You know that there are so many people out there - Try Harder! 00:04
- You know that there are so many people out there
Like oh they just flip a coin - Try Harder! 00:05
Like oh they just flip a coin
- This whole process creates people who are very cynical - Try Harder! 00:06
- This whole process creates people who are very cynical
- I can't go if it's full price because I can't it, - Try Harder! 00:06
- I can't go if it's full price because I can'...
But I hope if I do get in, - Try Harder! 00:08
But I hope if I do get in,
Hey mom, so, I got into Oxford. - Try Harder! 00:04
Hey mom, so, I got into Oxford.
[sneakers squeaking] - Try Harder! 00:11
[sneakers squeaking]
[sneakers squeaking] - Try Harder! 00:05
[sneakers squeaking]
But I guess that's just like the culture of Lowell - Try Harder! 00:06
But I guess that's just like the culture of Lowell
The reason is that there really - Try Harder! 00:09
The reason is that there really
Well, besides Jonathan Chu gained Harvard and Stanford, - Try Harder! 00:09
Well, besides Jonathan Chu gained Harvard and Stanford,
[violin music] - Try Harder! 00:14
[violin music]