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Try Harder!

You want to go to the college, I want to get out ofthe college, I have to be better than...

You want to go to the college, I want to get out of
the college, I have to be better than you
to get into that college

Full Transcript

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- You want to go to the college,
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I want to get out of the college,
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I have to be better than you to get into that college.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:31
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.
So, I'll work my tail off to be better than you. - Try Harder! 00:04
So, I'll work my tail off to be better than you.
- Sometimes at Lowell, it's hard to have a strong sense - Try Harder! 00:14
- Sometimes at Lowell, it's hard to have a strong sense
- You jump in the water, swim an hour that way then swim, - Try Harder! 00:05
- You jump in the water, swim an hour that way then swim,
- Going to Lowell, I have been introduced - Try Harder! 00:06
- Going to Lowell, I have been introduced
- Really smart [chuckling] - Try Harder! 00:04
- Really smart [chuckling]
- He's just really smart, really social - Try Harder! 00:08
- He's just really smart, really social
[orchestral music] - Try Harder! 00:12
[orchestral music]
- He's the perfect Lowell student, he takes like, - Try Harder! 00:05
- He's the perfect Lowell student, he takes like,
- A 4.7 GPA. - Try Harder! 00:04
- A 4.7 GPA.
- He once got a zero on his bio test on purpose - Try Harder! 00:09
- He once got a zero on his bio test on purpose
- Johnathan got 100, I'm not surprised, - Try Harder! 00:09
- Johnathan got 100, I'm not surprised,
- I think there was little doubt - Try Harder! 00:05
- I think there was little doubt
[orchestral music] - Try Harder! 00:06
[orchestral music]
I guess I came into Lowell thinking - Try Harder! 00:12
I guess I came into Lowell thinking
But when I would get like barely passing - Try Harder! 00:10
But when I would get like barely passing
[indistinct chattering] - Try Harder! 00:10
[indistinct chattering]
So for now I'd say getting it down to about 12-- - Try Harder! 00:06
So for now I'd say getting it down to about 12--
- So do like colleges like expect like a longer resume, - Try Harder! 00:06
- So do like colleges like expect like a longer resume,
- No, it's more about what you're doing - Try Harder! 00:04
- No, it's more about what you're doing
- Like in terms of what colleges look for, tough classes, - Try Harder! 00:09
- Like in terms of what colleges look for, tough classes,