Betty Harrow is a regular student in college trying to get her life together. Her smarts get her into one of the top schools in the world among some the of richest people in the population. Her lower class origins causes a riot with the upper class students and faculty. She has to maneuver her way through school, finding friends and allies for the next four years so she can make a better life for her poor mother and missing family. Who does she have to fear? The ruthless upperclass or her own insecurities?