When Olivia gets deferred from her dream college, she begins to spiral. In an attempt to regain control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage against those that stand in the way of her success. But as things escalate, she is forced to confront her darkest impulses in order to get ahead.
Acting
Madelaine Petsch's unhinged spiral is genuinely unsettling.
Editing
Social media interfaces integrated like horror movie jump scares.
Writing
Brutally honest about college admissions psychosis.
Director
Sabrina Jaglom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sabrina Jaglom wrote this after her own college deferral experience at 16. The panic is autobiographical.
Released during the Varsity Blues scandal fallout, it captures genuine Gen Z college admissions trauma that affluent millennials barely understood.
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