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It's a hard college to getinto, so I wasn't really upset

It's a hard college to get
into, so I wasn't really upset

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- It's a hard college to get into, so I wasn't really upset.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:12
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.
It's not like I was like hoping and wishing and thinking - Try Harder! 00:07
It's not like I was like hoping and wishing and thinkin...
My mom's seemed, she tried to pretend like she was okay - Try Harder! 00:10
My mom's seemed, she tried to pretend like she was okay
I didn't really expect much that kind of just like told me, - Try Harder! 00:11
I didn't really expect much that kind of just like told...
- Oh, she's the one who told me, - Try Harder! 00:05
- Oh, she's the one who told me,
[laughing] - Try Harder! 00:07
[laughing]
- Yeah, I haven't really been doing - Try Harder! 00:05
- Yeah, I haven't really been doing
I think that my number of colleges - Try Harder! 00:05
I think that my number of colleges
And then my mom's like, - Try Harder! 00:05
And then my mom's like,
You don't have to do anything else." - Try Harder! 00:06
You don't have to do anything else."
And it's like that's the same for every single it's like, - Try Harder! 00:07
And it's like that's the same for every single it&...
- Even though he's a teenager - Try Harder! 00:06
- Even though he's a teenager
And sometimes a few times maybe he was kind of disagree - Try Harder! 00:10
And sometimes a few times maybe he was kind of disagree
- She looks through stuff and she gives me ideas. - Try Harder! 00:05
- She looks through stuff and she gives me ideas.
My dad is like the physical help, he'll like drive. - Try Harder! 00:05
My dad is like the physical help, he'll like drive.
[laughing] - Try Harder! 00:14
[laughing]
Yeah, he says, "Just don't say that." - Try Harder! 00:06
Yeah, he says, "Just don't say that."
- No, 'cause I don't want, you know, people to like think - Try Harder! 00:04
- No, 'cause I don't want, you know, people to lik...
[indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:18
[indistinct chatter]
I am Mr. Cooley, if you haven't seen me, - Try Harder! 00:10
I am Mr. Cooley, if you haven't seen me,
- I have finished my college applications - Try Harder! 00:07
- I have finished my college applications