Drop Down List

Hello

I have a problem:
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<form action= "college_selected.asp" method="post">
Choose Your College or University:
<select name="collegename">
<% do until rs.EOF
response.write("<option")
val = rs.fields("CollegeID")
response.write (" value="&val&"")
if rs.fields("collegename")=collegename then
response.write(" selected")
end if
response.write(">")
response.write(rs.fields("CollegeName"))
rs.MoveNext
loop
%> ......

Lets say someone selected "Manhantan College" with the ID = 5 (value = "5")

HOW DO I REQUEST THE VALUE or number (which is 5 in this case) in the next page which is "college_selected.asp"???
Thanks

request.form("collegename")

but keep in mind you may need a </select> tag which i do not see in the code you supplied

Thanks for reply. I do have <select> tags its just I didn't copy the whole code. The other thing is, what you wrote:
response.write("collegename") is totally correct IF i need the name of the college since drop down menu has two things:
the name of the Item and the VALUE. What your code will do is select the name from the drop down menu NOT THE VALUE and that's is what I need - THE VALUE.
Thanks though
May be you will have answer for that I REALLY HOPE SO cuz i'm stuck in this for 3 days already...