Try Harder!
Season 23 Episode 13 | 1h 22m 37sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
At San Francisco’s Lowell High School, stressed-out seniors chase college dreams.
At Lowell High School, San Francisco's academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and anxieties about getting into a top university. But is college worth the grind?
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Try Harder!
Season 23 Episode 13 | 1h 22m 37sVideo has Audio Description, Closed Captions
At Lowell High School, San Francisco's academic pressure cooker, the kids are stressed out. With a majority Asian American student body, high-achieving seniors share their dreams and anxieties about getting into a top university. But is college worth the grind?
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