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It was... My mom lives in Sausalito
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It was...My mom lives in Sausalito and it wouldn't be legalfor me to go to this school if...

It was...
My mom lives in Sausalito and it wouldn't be legal
for me to go to this school if I didn't live in
San Francisco

Full Transcript

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It was... My mom lives in Sausalito
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and it wouldn't be legal for me to go to this school
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if I didn't live in San Francisco.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:37:57
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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Seniors at one the best public high schools in the country face the pressure of applying to elite colleges.
So, I need to be here to attend here. - Try Harder! 00:05
So, I need to be here to attend here.
Like this school compared to like anything else - Try Harder! 00:08
Like this school compared to like anything else
[door creaking] - Try Harder! 00:09
[door creaking]
[dramatic upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:04
[dramatic upbeat music]
- All right, does anybody not have - Try Harder! 00:07
- All right, does anybody not have
As always read questions carefully. - Try Harder! 00:04
As always read questions carefully.
Tell a story 'cause it's about storytelling. - Try Harder! 00:04
Tell a story 'cause it's about storytelling.
- Today is the deadline for UC apps and CSU apps. - Try Harder! 00:05
- Today is the deadline for UC apps and CSU apps.
So lots of apprehension, anxiety. - Try Harder! 00:04
So lots of apprehension, anxiety.
[keyboard clicking] - Try Harder! 00:09
[keyboard clicking]
It's like how well you're able to articulate yourself, - Try Harder! 00:06
It's like how well you're able to articulate yours...
- So I have roughly seven supplemental essays, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So I have roughly seven supplemental essays,
- I'm probably gonna have to in the end - Try Harder! 00:05
- I'm probably gonna have to in the end
- I don't know whether or not I should - Try Harder! 00:08
- I don't know whether or not I should
- If you ask a lot of Asians, - Try Harder! 00:07
- If you ask a lot of Asians,
Like they don't wanna show too much about themselves. - Try Harder! 00:05
Like they don't wanna show too much about themselves.
That's just how a lot of Chinese people - Try Harder! 00:06
That's just how a lot of Chinese people
So even if you're not convinced that you're the best, - Try Harder! 00:05
So even if you're not convinced that you're the be...
- My mom, she really thinks that I have a big chance - Try Harder! 00:07
- My mom, she really thinks that I have a big chance
She's like, - Try Harder! 00:10
She's like,