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Try Harder!

It's like how well you'reable to articulate yourself, how well you're able to...

It's like how well you're
able to articulate yourself, how well you're able to package
yourself for the university

Full Transcript

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It's like how well you're able to articulate yourself,
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how well you're able to package yourself for the university.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:10
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.
- 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,
[indistinct chattering] [door closing] - Try Harder! 00:09
[indistinct chattering] [door closing]
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:09
[indistinct chattering]
And, I didn't get a 1600 on the SAT, I only got a 1500, - Try Harder! 00:11
And, I didn't get a 1600 on the SAT, I only got a 1500,
The kids who are going to higher level colleges are... - Try Harder! 00:06
The kids who are going to higher level colleges are...
They're the big players of the world, you know? - Try Harder! 00:05
They're the big players of the world, you know?
If I don't go to one of those big colleges, - Try Harder! 00:06
If I don't go to one of those big colleges,
And at least looking at my resume, - Try Harder! 00:07
And at least looking at my resume,
- Okay, quick check on myself to make sure - Try Harder! 00:08
- Okay, quick check on myself to make sure
- You guys are talking too much - Try Harder! 00:06
- You guys are talking too much
- It's a hard college to get into, so I wasn't really upset. - Try Harder! 00:05
- It's a hard college to get into, so I wasn't rea...
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...