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Actual College, Meet College Movies

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As the class of 2013 readies for freshman year, we look at college as it's represented in film.

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Posted August 24th, 2009, 4:08 PM by Alison Willmore

It’s the last week of August, and the class of 2013 is either getting ready to or in the process of moving into their dorms in preparation for their first year of college. But if their ideas about what college life is going to be like are based on films set there, they’re probably going to be disappointed. This week on the IFC News podcast, we look at the different tics, clichés and tendencies of cinema set in the world of higher education, along with a few titles in particular that strike us as closer to the truth.

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