A young surfer from Orange County, Shaun Brumder, aspires to attend Stanford University to pursue his passion for writing and escape his troubled family life. However, his plans are derailed when his guidance counselor mistakenly submits the wrong application, leading to a series of misadventures as Shaun and his friends try to find a way to get him accepted.

Orange County
A guidance counselor's mistake sends an underachieving student's transcripts to Stanford University, mistakenly crediting them with an overachiever's academic achievements, sparking a chain of unforeseen consequences.