Accepted is a 2006 American comedy film directed by Steve Pink and written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, and Mark Perez. The main plot centers around a group of 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". Bartleby Gaines is a persuasive high-school senior who, among other pranks, creates fake IDs. His gifts do not extend to grades, however, and he receives rejection letters from all of the universities and colleges to which he applies, including those with high acceptance rates.... In an attempt to seek approval from his strict father , Bartleby creates a fake college, the South Harmon Institute of Technology . He is aided by his best friend, Sherman Schrader III , who has been accepted into the prestigious Harmon College, and fellow rejects Rory , who failed to get in to Yale University, the only school she applied to, Hands , who lost his athletic scholarship after an injury, and Glen , who got a "0" on the SAT when he neglected to sign his name.
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| Release date: | August 18, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Steve Pink |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Michael Bostick, Tom Shadyac |
| Editor: | Scott Hill |
| Music by: | David Schommer |
| Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Mark Perez |
| Estimated budget: | $23,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |