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So I'm trying to pursuealternative energies, and I also need to go likeone of the top 20...

So I'm trying to pursue
alternative energies, and I also need to go like
one of the top 20 colleges 'cause otherwise I'm not gonna be doing anything significant

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So I'm trying to pursue alternative energies,
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and I also need to go like one of the top 20 colleges
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'cause otherwise I'm not gonna
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be doing anything significant.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:50
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.
- I'm going to the Stanford college presentation. - Try Harder! 00:06
- I'm going to the Stanford college presentation.
I'm actually applying early for Stanford. - Try Harder! 00:04
I'm actually applying early for Stanford.
What I've heard about Lowell students getting into Stanford - Try Harder! 00:07
What I've heard about Lowell students getting into Stan...
- Like what's special about Stanford's - Try Harder! 00:06
- Like what's special about Stanford's
- I guess it's because they just think - Try Harder! 00:06
- I guess it's because they just think
- Maybe he doesn't have like personalities that we want. - Try Harder! 00:04
- Maybe he doesn't have like personalities that we want...
- But you did not even have to major - Try Harder! 00:27
- But you did not even have to major
[upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:12
[upbeat music]
And then someone else raises their hand - Try Harder! 00:19
And then someone else raises their hand
[indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:06
[indistinct chatter]
- And, I don't know if, you know, how that plays - Try Harder! 00:14
- And, I don't know if, you know, how that plays
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:09
[indistinct chattering]
It's a beautiful day up here - Try Harder! 00:05
It's a beautiful day up here
And we got some great announcements for you today - Try Harder! 00:08
And we got some great announcements for you today
- So like right now the senior class - Try Harder! 00:05
- So like right now the senior class
Right now is the time to get all the recs, - Try Harder! 00:06
Right now is the time to get all the recs,
[keyboard clicking] - Try Harder! 00:06
[keyboard clicking]
- That's why you got to diversify, - Try Harder! 00:07
- That's why you got to diversify,
[students cheering] - Try Harder! 00:15
[students cheering]
It's not all about GPA's and SAT scores. - Try Harder! 00:05
It's not all about GPA's and SAT scores.