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Try Harder!

You know, you look at youknow, the Ivy League schools and even if you are a studentwho...

You know, you look at you
know, the Ivy League schools and even if you are a student
who should be accepted at a school like this, you
may not get in any way

Full Transcript

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You know, you look at you know, the Ivy League schools
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and even if you are a student who should be accepted
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at a school like this, you may not get in any way.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:15
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.
And that in many cases has to do - Try Harder! 00:06
And that in many cases has to do
[students laughing] - Try Harder! 00:14
[students laughing]
- I did root instead of squares, and then I-- - Try Harder! 00:08
- I did root instead of squares, and then I--
- I'll have to go through that-- - Try Harder! 00:06
- I'll have to go through that--
[both chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:11
[both chuckling]
- Take the textbook, - Try Harder! 00:06
- Take the textbook,
And then stay up till three in the morning, - Try Harder! 00:04
And then stay up till three in the morning,
- If we looked at the blue particles as being - Try Harder! 00:11
- If we looked at the blue particles as being
Each is a different distance R from the axis of rotation, - Try Harder! 00:20
Each is a different distance R from the axis of rotation,
There's just something about the personality - Try Harder! 00:07
There's just something about the personality
So, I mean, going to a school - Try Harder! 00:09
So, I mean, going to a school
It's like a school of other Asian me's. - Try Harder! 00:06
It's like a school of other Asian me's.
The career path that I want to pursue, - Try Harder! 00:14
The career path that I want to pursue,
So I want to be in a position where I feel like I'm helping. - Try Harder! 00:05
So I want to be in a position where I feel like I'm hel...
So I'm trying to pursue alternative energies, - Try Harder! 00:12
So I'm trying to pursue alternative energies,
- 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