Trailer | Try Harder!
Preview: Season 23 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has 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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Trailer | Try Harder!
Preview: Season 23 Episode 13 | 30sVideo has 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?
Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback
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