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Accepted is a 2006 comedy film centered on would-be college freshmen, who after being rejected from all the colleges and universities to which they had applied, proceed to “create” their own “college”. [1]

View company contact information for Accepted on IMDbPro. [2]

Accepted is produced by Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty) and Michael Bostick and is directed by Steve Pink (writer of High Fidelity and Grosse Pointe Blank in his feature film directorial debut). [3]

Accepted: The Soundtrack - College Rock 101, featuring Weezer, Modest Mouse, Pixies, The Hives and other required listening, now CD from Shout! [4]

High schooler Bartleby Gaines (”B” to his friends) is on his way to scoring a perfect eight out of eight college rejection letters-which isn’t going to go over big with his parents. [3]

In an attempt to seek approval from his strict father (Mark Derwin), Bartleby creates a fake college, the South Harmon Institute of Technology (S.H.I.T.). [1]

Well, Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) and his friends decide to create their own college, of course! [4]

When a high school burnout discovers he’s been rejected from every college he’s applied to, he creates a fake university in order to fool his overzealous parents. [2]

The Accepted DVD will be available on November 14, 2006. [...] Pre Order the Accepted DVD today from the Universal Online store. [4]

After a visit to Harmon disenchants him with traditional college life, he has the students make up their own classes and be their own teachers: students write down what they want to learn on a giant whiteboard. [1]

It is written by Mark Perez, Adam Cooper & Bill Collage. [3]

Bartleby realizes that these people have nowhere else to go, so he lets them believe that the school is real. [...] Bartleby Gaines (Justin Long) is a persuasive high-school senior who, among other pranks, creates fake ID’s. [1]

They clean out an abandoned warehouse, hire a bum to be the dean - and the charade works perfectly. [4]

Sources:
[1] Accepted - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] Accepted (2006)
[3] Accepted Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
[4] Accepted DVD - Accepted movie - Accepted

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