For all of high school, best friends Ava Tate and Cordelia Laurent couldn't wait to escape their small town. They're beyond ecstatic when they're both accepted to their dream school, Forest State University, and immediately begin to plan out what is supposed to be the best four years of their lives. Things quickly change when the outgoing Ava convinces apprehensive and shy Cordelia to rush during sorority recruitment, setting her sights on getting both of them into a top tier house. Soon the girls are fighting hundreds of others for a coveted bid among the elites, but their biggest competition becomes each other when Cordelia is revealed to be a legacy at the top house, Alpha Delta Xi.