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Although Accepted has its share of stereotypes, it has a fairly original plot: Bartleby Gaines is rejected from all eight colleges he applied to, so he founds his own. Bartleby's creation, South Harmon Institute of Technology (SHIT), was originally just a plot to fool his parents with a phony website, a fabricated acceptance letter, and a doctored-up mental hospital. However, due to the website's realistic application process, Bartleby and his friends discover that they've unwittingly accepted dozens of other students who were also rejected from their top college choices.

Faced with an auditorium full of other ‘reject' students like himself, Bartleby is unable to turn them away like the other cold-hearted colleges. Instead, he uses their tuition checks to fix up the makeshift dormitory and design an unorthodox curriculum: one where students take classes about what they want to learn. The novel course catalogue includes offerings like Daydreaming 307, Doing Nothing 405, and Taking a Walk and Thinking About Stuff. These and other unique details are part of the film's charm, distancing it from the mediocrity one might expect from similar films.

With a solid cast, director Steven Pink takes a script that could have been another so-so college romantic comedy and turns its unique plot into a memorable work about social norms and demanding parents. In today's increasingly competitive college world, these are themes most students will feel familiar with. Sadly, though UMBC students might empathize with the idea of attending a non-exclusive university, Accepted isn't a completely realistic view of college life, even by our unusual standards. At one point during the film, SHIT has an overabundance of Asian students, but not once during the film did anyone play DDR, host a LAN party, or boil up a couple packets of ramen for dinner. It looks like students will have to keep waiting for our generation's Revenge of the Nerds.

The film's other weakness is its sappy ending. Though I won't ruin it for you, the big conflict turns out to be a stereotypical clash between the rich frat boys and the abnormal SHIT students. For what its worth, the final scene's flashy surprise at least sends the audience off laughing. So, if you're looking for some comical entertainment to pass the time before the semester gets difficult, check out a matinee of Accepted. Other than that, it's at least worth seeing when it comes out on DVD.

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