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Try Harder!

You know that there areso many people out there who are like similar to youand like, how...

You know that there are
so many people out there who are like similar to you
and like, how did they accept?

Full Transcript

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- You know that there are so many people out there
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who are like similar to you and like, how did they accept?
Duration
4 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:31
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.
Like oh they just flip a coin - Try Harder! 00:05
Like oh they just flip a coin
- This whole process creates people who are very cynical - Try Harder! 00:06
- This whole process creates people who are very cynical
- I can't go if it's full price because I can't it, - Try Harder! 00:06
- I can't go if it's full price because I can'...
But I hope if I do get in, - Try Harder! 00:08
But I hope if I do get in,
Hey mom, so, I got into Oxford. - Try Harder! 00:04
Hey mom, so, I got into Oxford.
[sneakers squeaking] - Try Harder! 00:11
[sneakers squeaking]
[sneakers squeaking] - Try Harder! 00:05
[sneakers squeaking]
But I guess that's just like the culture of Lowell - Try Harder! 00:06
But I guess that's just like the culture of Lowell
The reason is that there really - Try Harder! 00:09
The reason is that there really
Well, besides Jonathan Chu gained Harvard and Stanford, - Try Harder! 00:09
Well, besides Jonathan Chu gained Harvard and Stanford,
[violin music] - Try Harder! 00:14
[violin music]
"You probably just got it 'cause you're black." - Try Harder! 00:10
"You probably just got it 'cause you're black...
People convincing her that she got in because she's black - Try Harder! 00:13
People convincing her that she got in because she's bla...
[audience applauding] - Try Harder! 00:07
[audience applauding]
[bell dinging] - Try Harder! 00:12
[bell dinging]
♪ Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ♪ - Try Harder! 00:06
♪ Ring with the harmonies of Liberty ♪
Four out of the eight Ivys waitlisted me. - Try Harder! 00:05
Four out of the eight Ivys waitlisted me.
Two of them I got into, - Try Harder! 00:07
Two of them I got into,
[audience cheering] - Try Harder! 00:13
[audience cheering]
And I think for a while, I tried to like, - Try Harder! 00:06
And I think for a while, I tried to like,