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Try Harder!

- Every kid needs to be ableto understand and explain the samethings about themselves...

[students cheering] [cheerleaders chanting] - Every kid needs to be able
to understand and explain the same
things about themselves when they hit the college
process

Full Transcript

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[students cheering]
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[cheerleaders chanting]
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- Every kid needs to be able to understand
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and explain the same things about themselves
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when they hit the college process.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:09
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.
It's not all about GPA's and SAT scores. - Try Harder! 00:05
It's not all about GPA's and SAT scores.
There's no formula for success anymore. - Try Harder! 00:04
There's no formula for success anymore.
And what matters is that each child visualizes - Try Harder! 00:07
And what matters is that each child visualizes
We need to learn about cultural sensitivity, its obvious-- - Try Harder! 00:09
We need to learn about cultural sensitivity, its obvious--
I found I actually do like writing stories - Try Harder! 00:06
I found I actually do like writing stories
[indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:10
[indistinct chatter]
No, all right, this is too much. - Try Harder! 00:04
No, all right, this is too much.
[paper rustling] - Try Harder! 00:12
[paper rustling]
This lighter skinned hand is supposed to represent - Try Harder! 00:10
This lighter skinned hand is supposed to represent
My mom, she goes by the rule - Try Harder! 00:10
My mom, she goes by the rule
It goes totally against that story - Try Harder! 00:08
It goes totally against that story
So I do feel uncomfortable putting it down - Try Harder! 00:16
So I do feel uncomfortable putting it down
I'm a admissions officer at MIT, - Try Harder! 00:07
I'm a admissions officer at MIT,
So it's always a good idea to be nice to me - Try Harder! 00:05
So it's always a good idea to be nice to me
[laughing] - Try Harder! 00:07
[laughing]
- But we saw your mom there and dad. - Try Harder! 00:05
- But we saw your mom there and dad.
Did you know they're going to go? - Try Harder! 00:04
Did you know they're going to go?
Like they go, they only tell me after they go. - Try Harder! 00:04
Like they go, they only tell me after they go.
- We do have multiple choices, that's all right too. - Try Harder! 00:05
- We do have multiple choices, that's all right too.
And my mom's kind of like the steering wheel. - Try Harder! 00:04
And my mom's kind of like the steering wheel.