Four boarding school mean girls band together to keep the early decision slots for the top schools to themselves, doing whatever they deem necessary. Protagonist Olivia, a scholarship student goes along with her wealthy and wealthier friends and agrees to apply ED to Penn. Avery has dibs on Harvard, Sierra on Yale, Emma on Brown, and Margot maybe on Princeton, if I have that correct. Sierra and Margot could be reversed, but the main point is that Avery, a triple legacy, is going to fucking Harvard.

The first few chapters contain engrossing surprises, but some of the rest of the book's twists are more predictable. No matter, though, it's an absorbing read where everyone's flaws are revealed and many are forgiven. Here's a quote that anyone affiliated with an elite school will recognize

You know it's a time for healing when the school lawyer opens the assembly with a ten-minute warning against posting anything defamatory to social media or speaking to the press.

At least it didn't come with a request to donate to the school, which is also realistic.