How I Got Into College is more than the middle-of-the-road 80s high school comedy it looks to be at a glance.
How I Got Into College, in classic Savage Steve Holland fashion, veers carefully but erratically between sincere and straight-laced, and off-the-wall absurd.
How I Got Into College is a high on charm, wacky little number from director Savage Steve Holland (Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer) that follows various Michigan high school students along their college application process, intertwined with the increasingly tumultuous disagreement among an admissions team at a small Pennsylvania college to which several of our main characters are applying.
Those who have a general love for 80s comedies will surely take a liking to How I Got Into College, and 80s teen comedy fans specifically might find a new love first-watch.