At start of a new semester at the exclusive Colby university, plain and poor Alicia (Kirshner) is paired with the beautiful and privileged Hadley (Monroe)
to work on a sociology class project. At first rejected by Hadley and her clique - - junk-food loving bulemic Julianne (True) and the oversexed
Sydney (Swain) -- Alicia is finally accepted by them and is introduced into an entirely new world of privilege and dangerous thrills. But her attempts
to fit in with her beautiful new friends land her in the hospital.
Investigating Alicia's collapse, the local sheriff (Diggs) uncovers a trail of clues leading to the three untouchable, affluent young women.