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Obviously Stanfordwould be great, but even if I had a 4.0 GPA andI got a nearly perfect...

Obviously Stanford
would be great, but even if I had a 4.0 GPA and
I got a nearly perfect score on the SAT, I would have a one
in five chance of getting in

Full Transcript

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- Obviously Stanford would be great,
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but even if I had a 4.0 GPA and I got a nearly perfect score
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on the SAT, I would have a one in five chance of getting in.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:59
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.
Stanford is probably my top choice, yeah. - Try Harder! 00:05
Stanford is probably my top choice, yeah.
- What is funny and not funny will depend on who are and... - Try Harder! 00:05
- What is funny and not funny will depend on who are and...
Occidental, or like... what's another - Try Harder! 00:07
Occidental, or like... what's another
UCs, baby! [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:05
UCs, baby! [chuckling]
- This is the AP physics C class - Try Harder! 00:12
- This is the AP physics C class
I would say that most kids that end up in an Ivy - Try Harder! 00:05
I would say that most kids that end up in an Ivy
I guess you're just looking at like, - Try Harder! 00:04
I guess you're just looking at like,
- We're gonna start hopefully in a few seconds. - Try Harder! 00:04
- We're gonna start hopefully in a few seconds.
- Oh, I'm not taking it, - Try Harder! 00:11
- Oh, I'm not taking it,
- Ladies and gentlemen, let's get focused, - Try Harder! 00:05
- Ladies and gentlemen, let's get focused,
You can use calculators, and your brains - Try Harder! 00:06
You can use calculators, and your brains
I've been teaching at Lowell since 1990. - Try Harder! 00:05
I've been teaching at Lowell since 1990.
In the 90s, if you went to Lowell, - Try Harder! 00:10
In the 90s, if you went to Lowell,
They're objectively under more pressure - Try Harder! 00:05
They're objectively under more pressure
The physics students essentially are all seniors, - Try Harder! 00:08
The physics students essentially are all seniors,
- One wrong answer could potentially mean the difference - Try Harder! 00:08
- One wrong answer could potentially mean the difference
Which would be a difference in your overall grade, - Try Harder! 00:11
Which would be a difference in your overall grade,
- We want to see whether or not potentially exosomes, - Try Harder! 00:07
- We want to see whether or not potentially exosomes,
So, in this overlay where we inhibit lysosomes - Try Harder! 00:08
So, in this overlay where we inhibit lysosomes
- So yours is mostly just as a compensation - Try Harder! 00:05
- So yours is mostly just as a compensation