It follows students at Lowell High School as they apply and hope for admission to the college of their dreams.

Students at Lowell High School apply and hope for admission to the college of their dreams.

[3] It also screened at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival on June 2, 2021.

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.

The website's consensus reads: "Straightforward and disarmingly, charmingly sincere, Try Harder!