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Well, if I didn't get into Davis
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Well, if I didn't getinto Davis, then obviously Berkeley and LA are probablygonna reject...

Well, if I didn't get
into Davis, then obviously Berkeley and LA are probably
gonna reject me too now because those ones are supposed to be more difficult than Davis to get into

Full Transcript

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- Well, if I didn't get into Davis,
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then obviously Berkeley
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and LA are probably gonna reject me too now
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because those ones are supposed
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to be more difficult than Davis
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to get into.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:56:42
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 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]
- Three and a half years of killing myself here - Try Harder! 00:07
- Three and a half years of killing myself here