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'''"Is It College Yet?"''' is the second and final ''Daria'' TV movie. It first aired on MTV on January 21, 2002. The episode was written by [[Glenn Eichler]] and [[Peggy Nicoll]]. It showcases the characters of [[Daria Morgendorffer|Daria Morgendorffer's]] graduating class as they approach their high-school graduation and look toward college. The movie acts as more of an epilogue, with Eichler noting that Daria's journey was mostly "wrapped up" in the season 5 finale "[[Boxing Daria]]".
The movie is roughly equivalent to three "normal length" episodes. However subsequent TV airings and all DVD releases only provide the film in an edited form. It is often abbreviated on message boards as '''IICY?'''
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As noted in a review by [http://www.slate.com/?id=2060921 ''Slate'' columnist Emily Russbaum], who praised the film for being "a sharply funny exploration of social class... [homing] in on the elitism of the United States college system", the film shows the characters going off to very different paths after graduation based on their economic prospects ("unlike, say, the characters on [Beverly Hills] ''90210''").
* Daria and Tom are growing apart because their different income brackets, and the different views on their college paths because of it, are something Daria can't handle and Tom doesn't appear to fully grasp. One argument happens when Tom is lamenting that Bromwell passed on her and ignores (until called on it) that she ''did'' get into another college. A recurring clash is that Tom is defensive (and Daria annoyed) about his family ties to Bromwell, which gave him a great advantage he doesn't want to admit to. For example, he got a 45 minute interview (the film indicates this is an oddly long time) and is ''stunned'' to hear Daria didn't, then sounds embarrassed. Daria herself suffers a 'class cringe' from the constant Bromwell talk, despairing over the failure and the lack of prospects she will have, compared to Tom, until Helen points out that Raft is an excellent school.
* Tom and Jodie, the richest members of the cast, are the ones going to highly elite colleges (though Jodie decides against Crestmore). He's also the only character who isn't worrying about college, as he ''knows'' he's getting into Bromwell. If Jodie goes to Crestmore, she will be rubbing shoulders with future politicians and business leaders who "literally are running the country"; her father tells her this would make the rest of her life much easier.
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