A Lack of Reality

[Gabrielle Friedman]

Okay so let me start off by saying that for better or worse I rarely miss an episode of Gossip Girl.

I've read all the books and I think the T.V. show is pretty good for a lot of different reasons; i.e. I love the fashion and the music that accompanies each episode.

But I can't help to watch the show/read the books and get a little fustrated.
I mean here let us break it down:

Blair is going off to Yale as is Serena and Nate, possibly Brown depending on how the show will portray it.
Dan is Dartmouth (in the show).

I mean c'mon! Do we ever see these characters studying or doing homework? I know that may sound dumb because clearly it is a heightened reality, it's just for entertainment purposes but really a little work here and there to justify the fact that everyone is ivy-bound would be nice.

Granted maybe their wealth gets them into these schools but Dan and Nate are characters who currently lack that monetary appeal.

Bottom line: We like shows that we can connect to and that is probably a big reason why people even tune into the Gossip Girl series. But it is hard to connect to this notion that a college acceptance is just so simple. Just recently I've seen kids with 4.0 GPAs and 34s on the ACT get deferred from these selective schools. Kids who have really worked hard yet no reward for them at the end.

Just something to think about.

[SonicJon]

Wait.... I thought this whole Gossip Girl show was a myth.... *Goes back to fighting off the evil monster that is A.P.*

[Alex Clarke]

I wondered the same thing to myself a couple episodes ago when Serena and Blair were speaking to the Dean trying to get in.

I came to the conclusion that the show doesn't explain the fact that that the characters have a major lack of hard work yet mysterious ability to get into the Ivys that no one cares.
that is, the producers know we don't want to watch them sit and study, yet we also would expect nothing less for GG's socialites than for them to get into the best schools in the country.
despite missing out on watching them do their homework, do you expect Serena, Blair, Dan, or Chuck to go to community college?

it's just not how it works.

[Gabrielle Friedman]

Yeah but they don't even talk about school in an academic pretext.
The only reason they are ever even scenes in the hallway is to show off their cute, and totally against any high school's dress code, outfits.
Just saying a little "Hey B, sorry I'm meeting with up Dan to study for that history test," would make sense haha.