Students enter college with preconceived ideas about what their experience of college life will be like. Since the first Hollywood film about college, movies have contributed to society's perceptions of what it means to be a college student. Contrary to the images promoted by higher education marketing departments, Hollywood's portrayals overdramatize negative elements by placing narrow social norms onto college characters. Using data gathered by analyzing films released between 2000 and 2012, this study explores the images and messages that Hollywood communicates about campus culture and the normative behavior expected of college women. The study explores ways that student affairs and housing professionals can use these images to address real developmental conflicts and problems that students encounter while pursuing their degrees.