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I just feel like I tried so hard and I'm going to a school
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Try Harder!

I just feel like I tried sohard and I'm going to a school that I didn't even have to...

I just feel like I tried so
hard and I'm going to a school that I didn't even have to try
that hard to like get into

Full Transcript

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- I just feel like I tried so hard and I'm going to a school
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that I didn't even have to try that hard to like get into.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:39
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] [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]
"You probably just got it 'cause you're black." - Try Harder! 00:10
"You probably just got it 'cause you're black...
People convincing her that she got in because she's black - Try Harder! 00:13
People convincing her that she got in because she's bla...
[audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:07
[audience applauding]
[bell dinging] - Try Harder! 00:12
[bell dinging]
♪ Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ♪ - Try Harder! 00:06
♪ Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ♪
Four out of the eight Ivys waitlisted me. - Try Harder! 00:05
Four out of the eight Ivys waitlisted me.