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Try Harder!

- I'm gonna see whether ornot I got in Johns Hopkins

[Rachael chuckling] [gentle upbeat music] - I'm gonna see whether or
not I got in Johns Hopkins

Full Transcript

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[Rachael chuckling]
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[gentle upbeat music]
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- I'm gonna see whether or not I got in Johns Hopkins.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:56
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.
- Well, if I didn't get into Davis, - Try Harder! 00:10
- Well, if I didn't get into Davis,
I swear to God dude, if I... come on, man, - Try Harder! 00:06
I swear to God dude, if I... come on, man,
It's like you were one out of what? - Try Harder! 00:04
It's like you were one out of what?
They don't... There's an option to be wait-listed. - Try Harder! 00:05
They don't... There's an option to be wait-listed.
[phone ringing] - Try Harder! 00:04
[phone ringing]
[phone beeping] - Try Harder! 00:05
[phone beeping]
I have pretty high expectations for the type of people - Try Harder! 00:07
I have pretty high expectations for the type of people
A lot of professors at the schools - Try Harder! 00:07
A lot of professors at the schools
Like interesting people who have stories to tell. - Try Harder! 00:05
Like interesting people who have stories to tell.
Obviously after you applied to college, - Try Harder! 00:10
Obviously after you applied to college,
[metals clanking] - Try Harder! 00:13
[metals clanking]
Okay, I think I'm gonna check Brown right now. - Try Harder! 00:06
Okay, I think I'm gonna check Brown right now.
Okay, so I got rejected from Princeton, okay. - Try Harder! 00:06
Okay, so I got rejected from Princeton, okay.
Yeah, I'm relieved now. - Try Harder! 00:04
Yeah, I'm relieved now.
I think I was expecting to get into at least one. - Try Harder! 00:05
I think I was expecting to get into at least one.
I did really, really want to go over to the East coast, - Try Harder! 00:07
I did really, really want to go over to the East coast,
[students cheering] - Try Harder! 00:08
[students cheering]
[students cheering] [students applauding] - Try Harder! 00:04
[students cheering] [students applauding]
- So many kids got into Berkeley, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So many kids got into Berkeley,
[gentle pensive music] - Try Harder! 00:05
[gentle pensive music]