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Try Harder!

Personal statements,the resume, your letters of recommendation,GPA and test scores

Personal statements,
the resume, your letters of recommendation,
GPA and test scores

Full Transcript

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- Personal statements, the resume,
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your letters of recommendation, GPA and test scores.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:11:31
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.
- The odds are against me, and I know that. - Try Harder! 00:04
- The odds are against me, and I know that.
I know that I have to like up the ante, - Try Harder! 00:08
I know that I have to like up the ante,
I would have to get like a really high score compared - Try Harder! 00:07
I would have to get like a really high score compared
Like do universities give you any extra points - Try Harder! 00:05
Like do universities give you any extra points
- It definitely is gonna be a more select group. - Try Harder! 00:06
- It definitely is gonna be a more select group.
[paper rustling] [upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:09
[paper rustling] [upbeat music]
- Yeah, senior year. - Try Harder! 00:04
- Yeah, senior year.
Well, if I could, I would probably just to take the SAT - Try Harder! 00:04
Well, if I could, I would probably just to take the SAT
- Same. [both chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:07
- Same. [both chuckling]
- Are they're like a lot of scholarships for Eagle scouts? - Try Harder! 00:04
- Are they're like a lot of scholarships for Eagle scou...
- Well, I think that's something you'd have to look into. - Try Harder! 00:04
- Well, I think that's something you'd have to loo...
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:04
[indistinct chattering]
I will put the bowling ball, - Try Harder! 00:06
I will put the bowling ball,
And if you don't flinch, - Try Harder! 00:10
And if you don't flinch,
Lowell student, he didn't flinch, but what did he do? - Try Harder! 00:05
Lowell student, he didn't flinch, but what did he do?
[indistinct chattering] [students laughing] - Try Harder! 00:06
[indistinct chattering] [students laughing]
- When I was in middle school - Try Harder! 00:07
- When I was in middle school
But now that I'm here, it's just not really that. - Try Harder! 00:06
But now that I'm here, it's just not really that.
[students laughing] - Try Harder! 00:06
[students laughing]
- I don't really know why it's not as difficult for me - Try Harder! 00:09
- I don't really know why it's not as difficult fo...