New transfer student at prestigious Bishop Gray Academy, Ava Richards aims to crack The List. Secrets, risky behaviors, and social pressures dominate this elite school environment. Intriguing interactions, financial challenges, handmade treasures, and mysterious organizations add layers to the narrative.
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Students at Bishop Grey Academy face intense pressure to excel in academics, extracurriculars, and social involvement for a competitive ranking system called 'the list'.
Financial obstacles, like a $2600 student activities fee, pose challenges for less privileged students attending elite educational institutions.
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Competition and Prestige at Bishop Grey Academy
At Bishop Grey Academy, the most prestigious boarding school, students navigate a cutthroat environment centered around the competitive ranking system known as 'the list.' To make it onto the list, students must excel in academics, extracurriculars, and social involvement, showcasing the intense pressure and high stakes faced by students at the school.
Seeking Opportunities and Overcoming Financial Challenges
The protagonist, Ava Richards, from a small town, sacrifices a lot to attend Bishop Grey in pursuit of future opportunities. However, financial obstacles arise, such as a $2600 student activities fee, highlighting the challenges faced by students from less privileged backgrounds in accessing elite educational institutions.
Encounters with Influence and Mystery
Ava encounters a mysterious underground organization at Bishop Grey promising status, privilege, and power. Intrigued but skeptical, she faces a choice between joining the organization for potential benefits or pursuing her goals independently, leading to suspense and uncertainty surrounding hidden agendas and secret societies at the school.
Transfer student Ava Richards begins her first week at the prestigious Bishop Gray Academy and she has her eyes set on The List. An edgy roommate, a chaotic work-study buddy, an it-girl frenemy, and a brush with a cute boy on campus would be a lot even without falling in with a secret society, don’t you think?
Warning: This episode includes some seriously risky behavior, including sexual situations, drug use, and some bad decisions.
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