Courtney ­­­­– the blithe, easily distracted B-student. Street-smart and sexy, Courtney would have killed to go to cosmetology school, but the ‘rents couldn’t make the steep tuition, and C’s complete averageness couldn’t make a scholarship. Bored and slightly bitter, Courtney’s bound to surviving in a teeny bachelor pad with her stoner boyfriend on pink-collar sales jobs. Or is she?

Isabella – the future Harvard alum. The scorer of straight 90s in HS, and the one whose bound for prestigious Ivies, Izzy’s pumped and has been prepped for those four fantabulous years forever. Isabella – a synonym for reliability, stellar grades and, well, dullness. Izzy’s determined to let loose and reinvent herself in those two months before Harvard, and, well, this should be interesting!

Melissa – spunky, spirited and full of energy, Mel can charm a cobra into a dance, and sweet-talking her way into a full scholarship at Vassar was no problem. But after that thrill wore off, Mel’s scared – sure, charming As from her high school teachers were a piece of cake, but Vassar’s profs might not be so open to a little coaxing here and there. Petrified, Mel starts studying for the first time, but who says boys can’t sneak up in between bio notes and Brontë books?

Allyson ­– the blond cheerleader, loud and shallow, with insecurities a mile deep. With her fellow cheerleaders, Ally’s boozing it down at insane parties and ending the summer with group-rate abortions. But vodka tonics and muscular Greek gods won’t help Ally’s problems, but spin them further and further away from any chance of solutions. Watch out Ally – Satan himself is on your heels!

Courtney, Isabella, Melissa and Allyson were best friends in grade school. They traded Barbie clothes, had tea parties together, and had their own secret club. But the years took its toll on the Fab Four’s friendships, and by the time senior year rolled around, they barely talked to each other.