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Yeah, he says,"Just don't say that." - You should put that onyour college application

Yeah, he says,
"Just don't say that." - You should put that on
your college application

Full Transcript

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Yeah, he says, "Just don't say that."
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- You should put that on your college application.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:44
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.
- No, 'cause I don't want, you know, people to like think - Try Harder! 00:04
- No, 'cause I don't want, you know, people to lik...
[indistinct chatter] - Try Harder! 00:18
[indistinct chatter]
I am Mr. Cooley, if you haven't seen me, - Try Harder! 00:10
I am Mr. Cooley, if you haven't seen me,
- I have finished my college applications - Try Harder! 00:07
- I have finished my college applications
[chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:05
[chuckling]
- I have applied to 11, that's including Stanford. - Try Harder! 00:05
- I have applied to 11, that's including Stanford.
I have the two UCs so that's Berkeley and LA and then Yale, - Try Harder! 00:12
I have the two UCs so that's Berkeley and LA and then Y...
[gentle upbeat music] - Try Harder! 00:10
[gentle upbeat music]
- [Lady] Stanford was a huge disappointment, I got that. - Try Harder! 00:04
- [Lady] Stanford was a huge disappointment, I got that.
But, now we know that's not the direction we're going on in, - Try Harder! 00:07
But, now we know that's not the direction we're go...
Because if you went to Stanford, - Try Harder! 00:04
Because if you went to Stanford,
- Because I think you... Here's the deal, - Try Harder! 00:09
- Because I think you... Here's the deal,
[sighing] - Try Harder! 00:05
[sighing]
- Now we don't get to wait, we have to wait. - Try Harder! 00:04
- Now we don't get to wait, we have to wait.
- I'm doing okay, you know, - Try Harder! 00:10
- I'm doing okay, you know,
- That's the scary and it really could happen. - Try Harder! 00:05
- That's the scary and it really could happen.
So, be positive, send positive prayers - Try Harder! 00:06
So, be positive, send positive prayers
- Yeah. [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:08
- Yeah. [chuckling]
- It's nerve wracking. [paper rustling] - Try Harder! 00:05
- It's nerve wracking. [paper rustling]
Boston, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Fordham, - Try Harder! 00:08
Boston, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Emory, Fordham,