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How I Got into College (1989)

How I Got into College poster
Original title
How I Got Into College
Directed by
Savage Steve Holland
Genre
romantic comedy film, coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school senior tries to get into a selective college to impress a girl he likes. The movie follows his chaotic and funny attempts to win her over while dealing with the pressures of the application process.

quirkylightheartednostalgicplayfulromanticcomedicupbeatteen-spirited

What happens

How I Got Into College is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker and Lara Flynn Boyle, and produced and released by 20th Century Fox. This is the film debut of eventual voice actor Tom Kenny, who would become best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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